wind-bag

Example Sentences

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But his fears were soon allayed; Colonel Tudesco was only a wind-bag, and could not really arrest people.

From The Aspirations of Jean Servien by France, Anatole

This unexpected response rather pricks the wind-bag of the man's zeal.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various

He is a man of words, a man of committees, a wind-bag incapable of prompt action, incompetent to lead a Revolution.

From The Gods are Athirst by Jackson, Emilie

A mere wind-bag, that's what he is, with a lot of nonsensical ideas about his own importance.

From Virginia by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

You were brave with the old princess and the lad her son, but with a knight you are a wind-bag.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk