flightiness
Example Sentences
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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
“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
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
