flightiness

Example Sentences

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As if in opposition to her mother’s perceived flightiness, Angel has been steadfastly committed to her rich, guitar-strumming boyfriend, Myles Parrish, for three years.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2022

“The Lying Life of Adults” can’t sit still, and Giovanna wriggles through so many abrupt reversals that while Ferrante captures the flightiness of adolescence, her narrative sometimes sputters and stumbles.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2020

She is on the lookout for any sign of giggly flightiness.

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2020

But to me, that absence of self-command suggests more than mere flightiness.

From Slate • Nov. 2, 2016

With the secret and implacable labor of a small ant she predisposed the women of the village against the flightiness of their husbands, who were already preparing for the move.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez