wind-bag

Example Sentences

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But his fears were soon allayed; Colonel Tudesco was only a wind-bag, and could not really arrest people.

From The Aspirations of Jean Servien by France, Anatole

You were brave with the old princess and the lad her son, but with a knight you are a wind-bag.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

He is a man of words, a man of committees, a wind-bag incapable of prompt action, incompetent to lead a Revolution.

From The Gods are Athirst by Jackson, Emilie

The book had great success, but of what Mr. Carlyle calls the "wind-bag" nature.

From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various

Another wind-bag encircling the bottom of the air-chamber serves as a rudder, and lateral fins or wings give stability to the balloon about its longer axis.

From Sounding the Ocean of Air by Rotch, A. Lawrence