flightiness

Example Sentences

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“The Lying Life of Adults” can’t sit still, and Giovanna wriggles through so many abrupt reversals that while Ferrante captures the flightiness of adolescence, her narrative sometimes sputters and stumbles.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2020

She is on the lookout for any sign of giggly flightiness.

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2020

“I think we are both quite prone to flightiness but know that needs to be balanced with earthiness,” Mayle explained.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2019

Expat carries with it the sense of choice, but also a whiff of flightiness and dilatancy, the idea that you’ve rejected the country of your birth for reasons of lifestyle rather than need.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2014

With the secret and implacable labor of a small ant she predisposed the women of the village against the flightiness of their husbands, who were already preparing for the move.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez