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

It occurred to him that possibly Marion Rose was not really feather-brained, but that the trouble was in himself, because he was getting a chronic grouch.

From The Lookout Man by Bower, B. M.

He's one of your feather-brained, lily-livered fellows, is he?

From Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' by Pearce, Charles Edward

Yet Aunt Priscilla had a curious fondness for her, which she insisted to herself was very reprehensible, since Betty was such a feather-brained girl.

From A Little Girl in Old Boston by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

I move as if in a dream, and am feather-brained as a child, given over, hand-bound, in thrall to a miraculous power!

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall