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

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

For the moment we are the bicycle, and not the feather-brained cyclist.

From Fantasia of the Unconscious by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

Call it feather-brained, fantastic, ridiculous, if you will, the Davidsbund has a very definite meaning, and fulfils a very noble purpose.

From A Day with Robert Schumann by Byron, May Clarissa Gillington

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

From The Conquest of Canaan by Tarkington, Booth