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

She could love, I knew, that feather-brained, big-hearted little friend of mine.

From Mavis of Green Hill by Baldwin, Faith

But you forget: I have not been accustomed to look on Miss Fanshawe in the light of a feather-brained school-girl.

From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte

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)

Nor did she like the atmosphere of the Whites and Rocca Marina for her feather-brained young sister. 

From Modern Broods by Yonge, Charlotte Mary