flightiness

Example Sentences

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It’s hard not to sympathize with Lizzy’s exasperation at Jo’s flightiness, her unarticulated jealousy over Jo’s popularity and success.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2023

Charlie’s apparent flightiness manifests in the whirring of her hyperactive mind, agitated by the ceaseless “birds chirping” of people’s constant everyday lies.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2023

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

From Slate • Nov. 2, 2016

The 6-second Vine videos built into Twitter, and Facebook-owned Instagram videos and photos, offer marketers many of the same benefits without the flightiness of Snapchat.

From Forbes • Nov. 21, 2013

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