flightiness

Example Sentences

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She worries Eric’s flightiness will hurt Maggie, bright-eyed and sweet.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 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

But who wants to give up draft choices or a player to sign someone with a reputation for contract-jumping and flightiness?

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2012

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