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

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

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2020

“I think we are both quite prone to flightiness but know that needs to be balanced with earthiness,” Mayle explained.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2019

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