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

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

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2020

Expat carries with it the sense of choice, but also a whiff of flightiness and dilatancy, the idea that you’ve rejected the country of your birth for reasons of lifestyle rather than need.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2014

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