flighty
Example Sentences
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In her run-down Victorian house, she produces a literary journal, Vista, and provides lodging to four tenants: Robbie, a struggling writer; Georgina, a flighty debutante; Mina, an ambitious cinema usherette; and Saul, a wartime refugee.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Undertaking a new challenge every few years can show employers you’re ambitious, but not flighty.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 22, 2025
One insider who has been part of conversations about the chances of changing the leader says, "it's not flighty people, not just newbies without a clue, they're not idiots".
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025
As Rickey, a flighty self-starter who just can’t seem to get started, Angarano is wildly funny and also painfully familiar.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2025
Mrs. Wilson is a little flighty like that, which is why she sometimes pays me to go knock on her door and remind her to clean her hamster cage.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
Vocabulary lists containing flighty
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
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A Streetcar Named Desire
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