feather-brained

Example Sentences

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In practice I hope that Master George and Mr Mervyn are talking tough to impress feather-brained markets so that they can win time to act less brutally.

From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2010

What a fool a man is who gets married—above all, a sailor who takes as his wife a feather-brained creature, as you are.

From The Pobratim A Slav Novel by Jones, P.

You saw what a pitiful kind of fool she was, irresponsible and helpless and feather-brained.

From The Conquest of Canaan by Tarkington, Booth

I do not think anyone,—even the most feather-brained, could be garrulous in the desert.

From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

My feather-brained chatter must often have bored her, but she apparently was ever interested in it.

From My Brilliant Career by Franklin, Miles