featherbrained

Example Sentences

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It’s revitalizing—and comforting, somehow—to revisit the sort of playful, featherbrained temperament made possible only by a decade in which prosperity and safety seemed nearly guaranteed.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 4, 2016

Remember when Billy Crudup's character Russell, a featherbrained rock star, leapt from the roof of a house into a swimming pool after informing the cheering crowd below, "I am a golden god!"

From Slate • Sep. 23, 2011

In the role of Khlestakov, William Hutt is marvelously amusing in negotiating the transition from a bewildered, featherbrained scamp to a worldly St. Petersburg seigneur.

From Time Magazine Archive

He criticizes the gay press for tiptoeing around the story initially and -- in at least one case -- for focusing on a featherbrained medical-conspiracy angle.

From Time Magazine Archive

But you're so featherbrained, Anne, I've been waiting to see if you'd sober down a little and learn to be steady before I begin.

From Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)