| 单词 | empty-headed |
| 例句 | "You witless weed! You empty-headed hamster! You stupid glob of glue!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sick of the rules and boundaries. The last thing I want is to become some empty-headed new pretty, having one big party all day.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She’d come to the Smoke, and had brought the Specials, leaving Shay an empty-headed pretty, and Az dead. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z A bug infested Washington: not the flu, but an actual bug that crawled into people’s ears, took over their brains and turned them into empty-headed automatons. The Best TV Shows of 2016 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z “You spend half an hour doing this and you get to a very empty-headed place,” he said. This Harry Potter Uses a Bow and Arrow. Not a Wand. 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z More fun than an empty-headed summer blockbuster, "El Henry" is a dinging ice cream truck of theatrical entertainment. Delightful 'El Henry' is a multicultural mash-up 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z He ultimately dismisses her, in Richard Olney’s words, as “sweet” but “essentially empty-headed,” a woman with “no palate” who wrote “trash.” Iconic Food Writers Toppled Off Their Pedestals 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Such empty-headed stuff can be fun to watch just for the soon-to-be-familiar faces that turn up. The Many Rebellions of ‘Dobie Gillis’ 2013-06-28T19:45:34Z It’s good news in that we’re unlikely to see a bunch of empty-headed rich kids giving away billions, or at least this hasn’t been the pattern so far. How philanthropic dynasties are exerting their power over US policy | David Callahan 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z The dialogue is empty-headed, the visuals crudely exploitative and the plot — about two college friends who rent a swanky, suspiciously affordable apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side — so ludicrous as to be well nigh incoherent. ‘The Scary of Sixty-First’ Review: Resident Evil 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z There are obvious parallels to be made between his Dirk and David Tennant’s version of The Doctor in “Doctor Who,” except for the fact that Dirk is blissfully empty-headed. Marvelously strange: “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency” asks us to trust that it’s all connected 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The glorification of this mindset continues to fuel a generation of empty-headed armed clowns posing as protectors. It's time to cancel Batman — for good 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Is there still a prejudice against what’s been perceived as Liszt’s empty-headed bombast? From a Historic Piano Duel to a Finger-Blurring New Album 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z He loathed empty-headed nationalism, violence, transnational standardisation, mechanisation and most of the doings of financiers. Ford Madox Ford's affair with Provence 2010-08-20T23:00:00Z That mixes up 3-D with the ways that it’s been marketed: it takes for granted that the format really does perform a kind of empty-headed pyrotechnics, and that it really is a marker of excess. The Misunderstanding of 3-D 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z We never meet said Prince, who it seems is only a decorative and empty-headed puppet of the true rulers of the realm. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Amoral Clarity 2011-07-18T15:23:00Z A blogger for Big Hollywood suggested viewers "sit back and take in a full year's supply of empty-headed, self-important Hollywood narcissism." Ashton Kutcher's war with the Village Voice 2011-06-30T21:31:00Z The film is empty-headed and utterly devoid of drama, yet aesthetically elating, with a style that feels truly new. "Scott Pilgrim": The end of the nerd as we know him 2010-08-12T15:01:00Z However, these were exceptions to the rule that continually cast her as a pretty ingenue in empty-headed movies. Gloria Stuart obituary 2010-09-28T18:20:00Z He had exactly the right level of empty-headed neediness to play Lost’s ostensible protagonist. No thanks for your time: the worst movie auditions from A-list stars 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z They're often portrayed as the most trashy, vapid and empty-headed forms of digital entertainment, but it looks as if they may be particularly good at sharpening your mental skills. Are video games really the villains in our violent age? 2012-12-30T00:05:46Z They're for the most part phony, or empty-headed, banal and bungling. Man of letters 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z William turns out to be a generous, decorative, sporty, empty-headed, furtively unfaithful playboy. Review | A look back at the ‘supreme hostess’ of the American gilded age 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z There's plenty of reason that empty-headed kitsch fits neatly in the authoritarian worldview. Hallmark movies are fascist propaganda 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Many reviews were negative, with Jesse Green, a New York Times critic, calling it “empty-headed entertainment.” ‘Gettin’ the Band Back Together’ to Close Sept. 16 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z There have been plenty of female airheads on television: bikinied bimbos, empty-headed housewives, batty old broads. An Appraisal: Behind Jean Stapleton’s Ditzy Edith, a Giant of Theatrical Skills 2013-06-02T18:34:19Z Surely, Schiaparelli did not see her designs as “empty-headed.” Fact-laden Schiaparelli biography gives little shape to the woman or her designs Its empty-headed glee pokes fun at the market-tested positivity of Top 40. ‘Everything Is Awesome’ for Shawn Patterson, the most unlikely of best original song Oscar nominees 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z Indeed, while he had tended to dismiss much of Paul's recent work as empty-headed instances of bubblegum pop, this new tune had truly caught his imagination. "F**k a pig! It’s Paul!": This McCartney song reignited John Lennon's competitive songwriting drive 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z You can still be left speechless and empty-headed in front of someone's art, however well prepared you think you are. Artist Bruce Nauman's carnage-littered carousel will blow your mind 2013-01-30T18:12:43Z And while Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., has succeeded at her goal of being on TV all the time, she's really only defined herself as an empty-headed attention addict. Nancy Mace learns the lesson of Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene: MAGA is not for ladies 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Not because he's an empty-headed troll — so is their party leader — but because as a dark-skinned relatively young man, he's perceived as an easy hate object for the Fox News crowd. Why do Republicans even bother with this whole farce? 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z This argument is just as much about exercising a grievance against environmentalists as it is about painting women as empty-headed baby vessels. Trump judge: Women owe us more sonograms 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Was she so silly and empty-headed after all? Think you've had enough Jane Austen remakes? This novel will make you think again 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, most who have a conscience and are conscious believe there will never be a reckoning for the loathsome, dehumanizing, racist, misogynistic, rage-fueled, empty-headed, divisive actions of politicians across the globe. It's a scary time in America — but know this: Donald Trump is finished 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z As portrayed with savage acuity by Claybourne Elder, the airline worker is still hilariously empty-headed, but doesn’t come across as so crudely caricatured. Review | It’s a welcome return of ‘Company’ to Broadway -- with another Sondheim memory to savor 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z "And what if we halt natural gas supplies? Therefore, I would recommend the leadership of Poland, Lithuanians and other empty-headed people to think before speaking." Belarus accused of orchestrating border crisis with Poland 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z There were mornings I woke up empty-headed, trying to remember the twisting wrist I’d found so bewitching hours before. Dancing Through New York in a Summer of Joy and Grief 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Tales of crime and punishment may seem as remote from everyday life as empty-headed musicals. Commentary: Times are bad, so keep your uplift. Give me 'Crime and Punishment' and 'The Godfather' 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z “He suffers the pangs of poverty of intellect. His perception is clouded. . . . He’s an empty-headed, long-eared, bleary-eyed, awkward, untutored, unlettered, hopeless misprint.” Perspective | What’s in a name? For animals at the National Zoo, all sorts of considerations. 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Who is really the fraud, the empty-headed playboy who gets by on connections and unearned income, or the unprivileged striver? How ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ Foretold Our Era of Grifting 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z But let's pause for a moment to consider that the most powerful man on earth was so empty-headed that he believed it. Trump in crisis, surrounded by "spies": Let's hope that whistleblower is well protected 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Trump is a no-nothing, garrulous, an apparent alpha male with delusions of grandeur, supercilious, empty-headed, emperor without clothes. Why China’s Response to Trump’s Tariffs Is So Muted 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z It’s also as empty-headed as the 45th president. Abnormal America: Our political reality is the stuff of nightmares 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z This piece is about as empty-headed as a Trump tweet. What Thomas Merton and Muhammad Ali Had in Common 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Of course, Donald Trump’s success is not Obama’s fault, as some empty-headed, allegedly “evenhanded” pundits would have it. The Hole in Obama’s Legacy 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z I don’t need a bunch of empty-headed small talkers wandering through expanses to fill some social quotient—it’s the nearly-everyone’s-dead-post-apocalypse, not Times Square, after all. 7 Things Fallout 4 Had Better Improve On 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Among the most outspoken critics is philosopher and former centre-right Education Minister Luc Ferry, who described the changes as "scandalous, empty-headed, noxious and partisan". French teachers strike over change plans - BBC News 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z This empty-headed hyperconsumption and narcissism is gleefully skewered in “The Just,” one installment of Morrison’s destabilizing “Mulitversity,” which accelerates outward as a series of first issues in search of an existential convergence. Grant Morrison’s “multiversity”: His new comics universe doesn’t include a single straight white male 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Israel’s hardheaded exercise of hard power in Gaza has instructively coincided with a dismal reverberation from the Obama administration’s most empty-headed adventure. America needs a conservative internationalist as president Mashups are mostly empty-headed pop fun, and bless them for it. Beyoncé’s good, the bad, and weird: 12 crazy mashups of Queen Bey 2014-03-29T22:00:00Z "I don't know how this got to Syracuse, but in mid-western slang a jay was a person from the country who was an empty-headed chatterbox, like a bluejay," he says. How the car industry outlawed crossing the road 2014-02-12T00:13:05Z That is not an attempt to depict Walcott as empty-headed all over again. Theo Walcott's pace is still an asset but No10s have the greatest currency 2012-08-29T12:27:27Z If you were an empty-headed, economics-ignorant believer in miracles from outside, wouldn't you think the same? The ECB and the euro crisis: Draghi drags it out 2012-08-03T10:55:36Z The flock included intelligent pupils, empty-headed imitators, and romantic natures who turned philosophy into lyric measures. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z And ’tis an empty-headed dream, To boast of skill and power, And dare not even interfere At the latest hour. Random Rhymes and Rambles 2012-03-21T02:00:31.003Z Kirkley, of course, is just an empty-headed aristocrat: he don't count. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z That is what will be said of the pretty, empty-headed doll who was too stupid to hold her place as the reigning belle of Paris. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Who would be anything, in a word, except the empty-headed man of pleasure, or the plain dullard satisfied to sit in a corner with a little. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Shane groaned in spirit, but submitted, and cursed the patriots by all his gods--empty-headed, crack-brained fools--who thus stood betwixt him and pleasure. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Now and then an attendant, drawn thither by the sounds of woe, appeared in the door-way, looked at her, at the bewildered eunuchs behind her, and scurried away again in empty-headed wonder. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z And the larger it becomes, the weirder it gets that some people reflexively dismiss Apple owners as empty-headed, style-obsessed cult members. How the Cult of Apple Became a Victim of Its Own Success 2012-01-27T21:05:33Z She thought that men in society were generally dreadfully empty-headed and horribly vain. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z I know what's what, I do; I can scent one of those empty-headed puppies who comes to talk nonsense, when he's a mile away! Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z "The way of all Jungle Dwellers is to kill something; but here are pot-bellied, empty-headed Apes, and Birds of little sense, all boasting of saving lives." The Sa'-Zada Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:18.457Z Her charges were not particularly interesting or engaging children; empty-headed, selfish, and thoroughly spoilt. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z And all for an empty-headed little thing who could have been found in her dozens behind twenty shop counters not a quarter of a mile away! The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z There is Eyre Lee, too; I don't much like the man, supercilious and empty-headed; still he's an unobjectionable alliance. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z Mrs. Wyndham, for I was empty-headed and untrained, and I had a shallow, vulgar soul. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z It was more than probable he would again involve himself in debt, and was just the weak and empty-headed young fellow who might be made a convenient tool should he require one. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z “And this young Orlebar is the most empty-headed and conceited of them all,” rejoined the elder. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z But she had driven him to it; and she was an empty-headed little thing and ought really to be kept out of that galley. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z I knew that empty-headed woman would bore him. A Diplomatic Woman 2011-06-10T02:00:18.297Z Nero has a shocking head; Caligula looks an empty-headed fop; but I gazed admiringly on the grand features of my guide, philosopher, and friend—Marcus Aurelius. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z We, with our strong natures, are as wax in the hands of this vain, foolish, empty-headed fellow; he has the whip-hand of us. A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z I am not the empty-headed fop that you would believe. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z The rest were empty-headed boys, who'd have taken up religion as quickly as faro bank, if some one led 'em to it. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z Well, tonight I’ll give him another lesson on the violin, just to show him, light-footed, empty-headed young men of his class mean nothing to me.” Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z Before meeting the wolf Red Riding-Hood was the usual empty-headed flapper. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z Eminem, Lady Gaga and Muse did not walk away empty-headed, winning the best albums in their respective genres. A Night of Grammy Upsets: Arcade Fire Beats Lady Gaga to Win Album of the Year 2011-02-14T15:20:00Z I don't know very much; but I do know that she wasn't a mere empty-headed chit. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z Of these he will write and of many, many more whose names are unknown to an ignorant public which yells itself hoarse for empty-headed officials, but whose memories encircle the hearts of freedom's orphans. Comrade Kropotkin 2010-12-26T03:00:20.093Z Well, he could not study her, or if he tried he would find that she was not the empty-headed creature his rather amused look seemed to say he thought her. Lola 2010-12-24T03:00:35.720Z And he was no weak boy, ready to be led away by a fresh face—no empty-headed coxcomb, but a man of sterling worth. By Birth a Lady Why should he who, according to the world's standards, had disgraced himself at Taviton, appear before the empty-headed gossiping crew he had known? The Man Who Rose Again "Your feelings are warm, your impulses frank and true; it were a pity to mar them by an undue love for the flattering voices of empty-headed fools." Beatrice Boville and Other Stories For to marry my father she had refused the Duke of G., an empty-headed bon vivant, with nothing but his title and wealth to recommend him. Glories of Spain Was he to be laughed out of his nascent convictions by these empty-headed idlers? Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs Vain, shallow, and empty-headed, caring for nothing but pleasure and showing herself off in public places decked out like a ballet dancer! Bosom Friends A Seaside Story The women she soon discovered to be empty-headed or frankly immoral; the men were, for the most part, libertines, gamblers, fortune-hunters. By Right of Conquest A Novel Thoughtless and empty-headed as she was, even Angela Wilkins had the sense to see how absurd it was that the new girl should turn on her persecutors by ignoring them. The Youngest Girl in the School I am not one of your little bits of blonde, empty-headed fluff to be protected by strong males! A Woman's Place She watched him, not caring whether the empty-headed fools who sat all round saw her watching him or not. The Heart of a Woman But for the appearance of the "dumplings,"—almost as historic now as King George's famous ones,—it might never have been suspected that this empty-headed fellow was not the profoundest of philosophers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 True enough, the children of those parents were rather empty-headed and superficial beings, but it was the parents who were primarily at fault. Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home “I would rather spend an evening,” wrote the needy enthusiast, “in solving a difficult question, than in running after some empty-headed and consequential millionaire in search of a pupil.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" She’s extraordinarily neat in her ways, is Miss Bartlett—quite different from the empty-headed creatures girls mostly are nowadays.” The Bartlett Mystery Pauline was empty-headed, selfish and vain, cared only for luxury, but in every line exquisite as Canova's statue represents her. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Some of our modern bloods have been shallow enough to try to ape this poor empty-headed coachman, on a little scale, making London their Zodiac. Wanderings in South America Hartwell, the Eastern manager of the company, was a shallow, empty-headed man, insufferably conceited. The Blue Goose Raw, empty-headed fellows that only thought of their own comfort, and disappeared from barracks the moment their time of service had expired, without leaving a trace behind. Jena or Sedan? "You mean to say I'm an empty-headed fool that could be cajoled into anything!" cried the other angrily. A Country Gentleman and his Family Then his harsh tone had been due to a sense of futility in having been at great pains to preserve for this foolishly dressed and apparently empty-headed young woman a very great property. Clark's Field She meant to be kind, I think, but she was without exception the silliest and most empty-headed person I have ever known. East of the Shadows His name was Simon Tappertit—a conceited, bragging, empty-headed young man with a great opinion of his own good looks. Tales from Dickens “Physics, uncle?” faltered Tom, as he began to think what an empty-headed fellow he was. The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam It matters not," said Father Griffen, "I'll not lose sight of this adventurer; he has the appearance of an empty-headed fool, but traitors know how to assume all guises. A Romance of the West Indies One of them is pretty and she hates me; the other two are stout and kind and empty-headed, and their aunt is nothing—a large, heavy nothing—” Olive laid down her pen. Olive in Italy Light and warmth and comfort and safety—they were all to come from the conceiting and the struggling of my Dour Man, fighting for an empty-headed family who were scarcely worth it. The Prairie Child The most sanguine and empty-headed of mortals would never have looked for it in her. Theo A Sprightly Love Story The Endicott who could not speak ten words before a crowd, the empty-headed stroller who classed patriots with pickles, became what you know me to be. The Art of Disappearing We are not going to be merely a set of empty-headed, silly women with nothing to do. Making People Happy “And ’tis an empty-headed dream, To boast of skill and power, But dare not even interfere At this important hour. Revised Edition of Poems The scene is commonplace enough; twaddle and tea, after tennis; "frivolling"—it is their word; women too empty-headed and men too tired to do anything else. Appearances Being Notes of Travel She saw only the snippish, opinionated, young peacock, and the self-assurance which came from the empty-headed ability to tie a ribbon well. The Wind Before the Dawn The child's nurse is its mother; she, the empty-headed, the foolish Artémise. Ringfield A Novel "So," she said, while her amber eyes flashed fire, "you are a set of empty-headed, silly women with nothing to do, after all!" Making People Happy This Aunt Emmy seemed to be an empty-headed creature who thought that the most essential thing for a girl in life was to be fancifully dressed, and to attain a position in society. Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers And she spanked them and fondled them and scolded them with the same empty-headed vanity that she used to devote to her clothes. In Our Town All the other forest people had fled away in terror, but the empty-headed blue jay, held by the terrible fascination, remained on his bough, watching with dilated eyes. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" How superior is your ideal to those of empty-headed society misses who live but to dance or drink or waste their true substance.” Polly's Business Venture The room is furnished to please an empty-headed, pleasure-loving and fashionable woman. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The New York Idea Tom was thinking: "Of all the empty-headed vain creatures it ever was my misfortune to meet, she takes the cake!" Polly and Eleanor I saw that the great mass of the young men of our class were mere empty-headed, worthless parasites. "The Pomp of Yesterday" It just shows one how foolish and empty-headed these girls are. The House of Souls Then we shall cease calling every Englishman a hypocrite and every Frenchman empty-headed, quite apart from the daily proofs we get of their military ability. The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship Further, to elicit the confidence of the vain and empty-headed Jeames, Bucket declares that his own father was successively a page, a footman, a butler, a steward, and an innkeeper. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. It’s not for the place that I work, but because I want to know, to learn; not to grow up quite stupid and empty-headed as I otherwise should do.” St. Winifred's, or The World of School Women were currently represented as empty-headed, vain, fond of pleasure, frivolous, and fickle. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Several had already appeared before the Tribunal; they were all alike, these empty-headed, opinionated soldiers with the brains of a sparrow in an ox's skull. The Gods are Athirst Even the Crystal Palace, empty-headed as it is, felt that this was no time for Catherine-wheels. The Book of Dragons Apropos of this, Aristippus on one occasion rebuked an empty-headed parent neatly and wittily. Plutarch's Morals Most girls are all one way or another—so serious that they’re dull, or so empty-headed that it’s a waste of time to talk to them. The Love Affairs of Pixie There are many empty-headed women in whom the craving for pretty things is as strong as the masculine craving for drink and cards. The Lady of the Basement Flat But yet Lucius Mason was not a bad fellow, and young Staveley showed much want of discernment when he called him empty-headed and selfish. Orley Farm At the risk of utterly losing the good opinion of one of Cousin Julia's most valued friends, of appearing forward, conceited, tiresome, she would rattle on like the empty-headed society girl in certain modern plays. Elsie Marley, Honey The black man was called a stupid, thick-lipped, flat-nosed, long-heeled, empty-headed animal; the link between the baboon and the human being, only fit to be a slave! Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time But his insistence on this great theme has naturally scared away the empty-headed and the shallow-hearted, and many also of the careless clever. My Contemporaries In Fiction That proved that Turkey Proudfoot wasn't as empty-headed as some of his neighbors thought him. The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot Slumber-Town Tales That he was not empty-headed is certain; and he was moreover capable of a great self-sacrifice. Orley Farm She was only seventeen, but was fully developed, and had many empty-headed young admirers, who showered upon her silly compliments and cloying sweets. Woman Her Sex and Love Life What love could there be in an empty-headed fool? Agatha's Husband A Novel "You are alluding to the occasion when Lady Martin and the Vicar's wife called her ignorant, frivolous, empty-headed." The Making of a Soul For thee, thou base, degraded, empty-headed, and venomous little abortion of a man, I have no words to signify my contempt. Jacob Faithful Miss Furnival, as they all thought, had not found him empty-headed. Orley Farm “The story can hardly last out the usual nine days; and if we all behave well, we can allow these empty-headed fellows to amuse themselves for that time at our expense.” Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War Next he went into company, laughed and joked with empty-headed people, played games, sang, and amused himself in sundry ways, and came home at night, to feel more solitary and miserable than before. All's Well Alice's Victory I feel so sorry for the poor man tied to a common, empty-headed little thing like that. The Making of a Soul Pray look into the whole matter, learn the truth, find out the author, and get the empty-headed idiot out of the country, if you possibly can. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order I have been a vain, empty-headed girl all my life. The Heart of Una Sackville I wouldn’t trouble my head if you were an ordinary, empty-headed girl, but I know you are not. The Fortunes of the Farrells You would have found her empty-headed and unsympathetic just where you needed sympathy most.” More About Peggy She was not even what empty-headed people, unaware of the real signification of the term, call “pretty.” She and I, Volume 1 Like all empty-headed people, she was quick to lose her temper. The Tale of Miss Kitty Cat Slumber-Town Tales “Well, you’ve not wasted your chances, my boy,” said Mr Pillans, who, besides being empty-headed, was unhealthy in complexion, and red about the eyes. Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life She lives in the midst of a band of empty-headed men, who certainly have no particular regard for a woman's reputation. A Hungarian Nabob This comes from talking foolish clatter with that empty-headed silly little chit last night. Rosemary "You are one of those empty-headed idealists who go about creating disturbances for sensible persons," was the scathing criticism he delivered the moment she ceased speaking. Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer Jerrold made a similar reply to an empty-headed fellow who boasted of never being seasick. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings As it was, he would have been glad of an excuse to avoid shaking hands with either him or his empty-headed companion, Mr Pillans. Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life Both were young, pretty, and empty-headed; neither was burdened with children nor ideas. Under Fire All the evidence goes to show that Richard Burke was one of the most presumptuous and empty-headed of human beings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" It taught me a lesson when I was nothing but an empty-headed girl. One Woman's Life He seemed so far above the callow, vapid, empty-headed youngsters the other girls were twittering about from morn till night. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier He felt himself strangely impressed though he sought to argue with himself that here was but more absurdity from an empty-headed girl who had the money and the power to unleash her extravagant desires. Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure Miss Loomis is just one of those admirable women," said he, "that empty-headed idiots prate about. Under Fire Among the empty-headed it very easily degenerates into an over-assertive, a swollen selfishness, which ignores or defies the just rights and feelings of those who do not chance to be their fellow-countrymen. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays If I said that she was right, she would scorn me as a simple, empty-headed flatterer. Dr. Dumany's Wife Believe me when I say that if I love to make fun of empty-headed noodles, I can always respect a good heart because it is a rarity. The Poor Plutocrats Why did they promote that empty-headed countryman of yours to a place for which he was quite unfit? Phineas Finn The Irish Member But once back at Scott, where she could sport the lovely toilets with which her hopeful aunt had supplied her, Mira went the way of the empty-headed. Under Fire She is frivolous and empty-headed, and Eleanor is self-willed and lawless. Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School Or, Fast Friends in the Sororities Up shot the dozen heads above the herbage, and two dozen vacuous eyes regarded his vicinity with empty-headed inquisitiveness. The Way of the Wild Yet, empty-headed, arrogant, self-centered though he might be, he was a rich man's only son. Up in Ardmuirland He had never felt a shadow of sentiment for Audrey, who had been an extremely light, dry, empty-headed person, and he had always felt she had been adroitly thrust upon him by their united families. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" She had striven to prove to the poor empty-headed, empty-hearted girl that she had at least one friend. Under Fire "I repeat, she is an empty-headed doll—but since she's not going to be my doll I shall dismiss that feature from consideration." Destiny You are too vain and empty-headed to be of any service except to aid its execution—and then, later, to be the leading figure at your own. Beatrix of Clare It's an empty-headed people that can only be roused by need and oppression. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross "But seriously, Winthrop," said Rufus, smiling in spite of himself, — "a man may go empty-headed, but he cannot go bare- footed into a library, nor into society." Hills of the Shatemuc There we made our first acquaintance with the army, which we undergraduates had derided as a crowd of slavish wastrels and empty-headed slackers. Adventures of a Despatch Rider He could not tell why he did so, for such places, affected by the gay, empty-headed votaries of fashion, were little consonant to his present state. Elster's Folly He's a vain, peacocky, empty-headed youth, and as soon as the breath is out of his granddad's body he'll want to try his wings and take a peck or two at us. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India The so-called Medical Staff looked on, and puffed their cigarettes and talked under their eye-glasses—the fools, the idle, empty-headed noodles. Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front The spirit of Bolshevism is atheism and enmity; its method is violence and tyranny; its result would be a reign of terror under that empty-headed monster, "the dictatorship of the proletariat." What Peace Means Restless, dissatisfied, empty-headed, he was the despair of his father. Half Portions He is the dramatically complete embodiment of all the vacuous folly, empty-headed shoutings, and swaggering patriotism which make up the stock-in-trade of most provincial Tories. Sketches in the House (1893) What should they see in me but an empty-headed roisterer, frittering away his life in follies? Helmet of Navarre Few men—and he least of all—care for an empty-headed doll whose only thoughts are of dress and fashionable entertainments. The Elephant God We ask for bread, not for stones; we want men, not empty-headed dandies. Saracinesca During that drive to Belgrave Square, he whose bearing towards my mother was that of the anxious, loving son was not I, the only living child of her womb, but poor, simple, empty-headed Sleaford. Aylwin They were both empty-headed, and so they found themselves one day suddenly transported to an uninhabited isle, as if on a magic carpet. Best Russian Short Stories It was a sad spectacle to see the organist of St Placid's galloping through a series of dances with the empty-headed Edith. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories She was a shallow, empty-headed person devoid of mental resources and incapable of taking interest in her household or her husband's affairs. The Elephant God But even if his characters are mere empty-headed automata, even if his plays have not the literary value of Mr. W.S. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 I had lost my wife and family, and my home had become the resort of a crew of empty-headed coxcombs. The "Goldfish" She had derided it once by using it in front of Louis with the mimic foolish graces of an empty-headed doll. The Price of Love I see we have not lessened our arrogance, our empty-headed pride, our boasting. Quit Your Worrying! Vain and empty-headed, she was, nevertheless, popular with the class of men who are content with a shallow, silly woman with whom it is easy to flirt. The Elephant God He was probably an empty-headed, stupid fellow; but it was none the less sad to see him passing away. Ships That Pass in the Night Sergeant Bulmer, That empty-headed puppy, Mr. Matthew Sharpin, has made a mess of the case at Rutherford Street, exactly as I expected he would. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 Yet at times, when I see the crowd of young, empty-headed fortune-seeking jackanapes, who dare to aspire to your ladyship's hand . . . The Nest of the Sparrowhawk We were like a lot of empty-headed, mischievous children, horribly selfish of course, but not meaning any harm—at least not most of us. The Obstacle Race Even the most empty-headed woman is in the same case. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes What with roystering fellows and smooth-tongued gallants, and with silly, empty-headed hussies like that Giulietta, one has much ado to keep the best of them straight. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Good luck go with you for a—conceited, bragging, empty-headed, duck-legged idiot.' Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty Though she was an empty-headed, brainless kind of woman, she was not by nature a wicked one. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk And you boys, you silly boys! what materials for a wife do you think you will get out of the empty-headed coquettes you are raving and tearing your hair about. Evergreens In his exultation of an empty-headed quill-driver, he thought himself, by the virtue of that furniture, at the head of a serious business. An Outcast of the Islands She was a poor, empty-headed, spiritless woman—what you call a born drudge—and I was now and then not averse to plaguing her by taking Anne away. The Woman in White She was not a loveable-looking person, and, indeed, had been at once empty-headed, irritable, and worldly. The Shuttle And take all the other empty-headed lions with you—and those stupid leopards and antelopes. The Story of Doctor Dolittle But as Culver's victory was merely for a very light and empty-headed lady of the stage while he had won Josephine Burroughs away from Culver, the balance was certainly not against him. The Grain of Dust The calamity had happened in Finland, where they had let her visit her aunt; and the culprit was an insignificant Swede, a student, an empty-headed, worthless creature—and married. The Forged Coupon Yes, I am foolish, and empty-headed, and unclean. The Well at the World's End: a tale There is nobody else in this raw, overgrown, empty-headed place for you and him TO like, nobody except that man, that Dr. Ledsmar. The Damnation of Theron Ware He's a nix, an empty-headed—" "He is—is he? Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It It is as bad for a young girl to permit herself to be educated into one of those bold, unwomanly woman's-rights girls as it is for her to be frivolous and empty-headed. Star-Dust Why is the Grand Duke surrounded by any others except pompous Grand Marshals and empty-headed Lord Chamberlains? Vivian Grey He also considers that her portraits show her, when young, to have been "empty-headed," when older, a "frigid shrew." Albert Durer And these men, honest, fair-minded gentlemen as they were in other affairs, would toss me aside like a broken pipe if I ventured to challenge their sympathy as against this empty-headed, satined, and powdered stranger. In the Valley It was only spoilt by that empty-headed fool—what's his name—Reeve, who was obviously making up to Hyacinth. Love's Shadow The men who write for us are blackguards and empty-headed fops. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger "But I should think you would be rather bored by the arrangement: Tom's a very good fellow in his way, and a great friend of mine, but he's rather an empty-headed animal." Birds of Prey It was a disagreeable part—a man's—an empty-headed fop's. Villette He would not allow me to praise a lady then at Bath; observing 'She does not gain upon me, Sir; I think her empty-headed.' Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 What I object to so much about that empty-headed cad, is that he's never satisfied. Love's Shadow I thought you suffered the company of that empty-headed fop as you suffered your lap-dogs—the trivial appendage of a fine lady's state. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger For the first time since that strange moment of irreparable weakness she perceived what a humiliating hold this empty-headed officer had over her, inferior as he was to herself in every way. Sanine That sounds about the most futile and empty-headed thing a man can say—I know that. The Mischief Maker Shallow, empty-headed creatures some of them might be, no doubt, but there were exceptions. A Man of Means This Squire Palmer, this perpetual tormentor of the poor distressed debtors of the City, was a cavilling, quibbling, empty-headed, testy, old womanish chap, scarcely worthy to be designated by the title of a man. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 The common, vulgar misuse of novel-reading by the silly, the empty-headed, and the corrupt, should not blind us to its benefits. The Elements of Character A look of jealousy darkened his face, as Novikoff asked: "How can a girl so clever and cultivated as she waste her time with such empty-headed fools?" Sanine The sight of this empty-headed dandified "masher" embittered me, and I reminded him rather brutally of ten shilling he had borrowed from me. Hunger Some of our modern bloods have been shallow enough to try to ape this poor empty-headed coachman on a little scale, making London their Zodiac. Wanderings in South America "After all the girl is a lady," he said to himself, and the thought crossed his mind: was his empty-headed young brother likely to marry a better woman than this? Mrs. Day's Daughters Worse than malaria or brigandage, against both of which a man may protect himself, there is no escaping from the companionship of these last-named—these pathologically inquisitive, empty-headed, and altogether dreadful people. Old Calabria As we drew nigh, the whole party, without rising, uttered a wild scream of welcome, accompanied by that loud laughter which always seems to escape so readily from this light-hearted and empty-headed people. The Bushman — Life in a New Country Petty politicians and empty-headed Congress debators are vastly concerned, lest the 'honour of the country' should be compromised in the matter of the Oregon Boundary. American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States It is the empty-headed who most strenuously demand intelligence in others. The Green Mouse You are a fool, a downright, empty-headed silly fool. The Everlasting Whisper The cafés and barbers and wine-shops are also meeting-places of men; but those who gather here are not of the right type—they are the young, or empty-headed, or merely thirsty. Old Calabria But when people fancied from this look of his that he was an empty-headed fop they soon found themselves immensely mistaken. Tenterhooks Mr. Lawson was gallant in the true sense of the word, but he was no empty-headed fop, paying that amount of overdue attention to the fair, which, at times, becomes a bore and a pest. Marguerite Verne Do not, pray, fancy him as some empty-headed chatterer. Rudin You were miserable and neglected, and Mother was under the influence of Mrs. Black and that empty-headed, ridiculous Chapter and would-be society crowd of hers. Cap'n Dan's Daughter I said," Habrunt went on pointedly, "that one Si'Wren, who kneels before you now, is no empty-headed minstrel, or some plaything in the Emperor's harem, but a Royal Scribe in the palace court. Si'Wren of the Patriarchs She chattered so incessantly about nothing and was such an empty-headed, extravagant little fool in her insistence on clothes—clothes—clothes—as if they were the breath of life. The Head of the House of Coombe That empty-headed doll has got our Mart just wrapped round her finger! Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites Nowhere can I find him preaching "Art for Art's sake," in the jejune sense of the empty-headed acolytes of the aesthetic. Without Prejudice Many a young man who knew right, has allowed some empty-headed street-corner loafer to lower his own high moral tone lest he should seem singular in the little world of society surrounding him. The True Citizen, How to Become One "He's a lot fitter than all these lallapaloozer papa's boys and some of their fathers,—all those empty-headed swells that are called eligibles," rejoined Griffith. Out of the Primitive Her adopted father had admitted it, the editor had said it, and even an empty-headed young man like Schieffelin could see it. The Perils of Pauline What a curious little man, his great cough and that foolish shouting manner; a good-natured, empty-headed little fellow. Celibates "No, but you can accommodate yourself to some empty-headed society youth who hangs over your hotel-piazza chair and tells foolish fibs to feed your vanity!" scorned Eleanor. Polly of Pebbly Pit Hilda smiled and departed, revolving the thought that she was a selfish and empty-headed wretch. Hildegarde's Neighbors Poor M'ma, she would so like me to be a little, fluffy, empty-headed butterfly of a girl, and I know I disappoint her! The Heart of Rachael I was a spoiled little empty-headed girl; the girls all about me were reckless in everyway; I did not know the boundary-line, or dream that it mattered very much, so long as no one knew! The Story of Julia Page Because women were once empty-headed, it is assumed they are all still so en masse. Born in Exile You see a few empty-headed women saying that Sally Reade actually went driving alone, without her dinner, for three hours, with a man she hardly knew. Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby "You are a silly, empty-headed girl!" retorted her mother, with swelling bosom and reddening face. The Emancipated A good woman would have overlooked his faults and made a fine man of him, but she was always an empty-headed little thing! The Heart of Rachael "But you don't want to settle down in this stupid village," she laughed tremulously, tears on her lashes, "at the ugly old Hall, and among these superficial empty-headed women?" The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne I'm still not much more than a flapper—an irritating, empty-headed, fashionable-school-fed, undisciplined, sophisticated kid. Who Cares? a story of adolescence The one person she really did blame was the wretched, vain, empty-headed, ungodly Aileen Butler, who had been his seductress and was probably now to be his wife. The Titan It was the cutting remark of a thoughtless, empty-headed girl that confirmed Merton in his rash resolve. Merton of the Movies Lichtenberg of Gottingen is quite right when he says that this empty-headed Lavater has made himself ridiculous throughout Germany with his wonderful physiognomy of dogs' tails and his profiles of unknown pigtails. Old Fritz and the New Era At sixteen, Sarah Purfoy was an empty-headed, strong-willed, precocious girl, with big brown eyes. For the Term of His Natural Life And Cameron proceeded to give a brief sketch of the fantastic and futile rebellion of 1870 and of the ignoble part played by the vain and empty-headed Riel. The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail "What a fool! what an idiot! what an empty-headed cowardly fool I am!" said she, springing up from the bench on her feet. Doctor Thorne Her target shot her a glance of equal pity for her lack of understanding and empty-headed banter. Merton of the Movies She had said to herself that it was a bore having the Marchesino to lunch, that he was uninteresting, frivolous, empty-headed. A Spirit in Prison He's been culling the staff and replacing them with empty-headed fillies whose only claim to usefulness is that they can fill out a halter. The Lani People They were immoral; they were superstitious; they were vain, ignorant and empty-headed; and, instead of feeding the Church of God, they had almost starved her to death. A History of the Moravian Church To an empty-headed woman I can imagine the soldier type proving vapid and uninteresting; to the woman of mind he represents her ideal of man—a creature strong, handsome, well-dressed, and not too clever.” Novel Notes A kinder, simpler, more empty-headed fellow does not exist. Catherine: a Story The hussy was empty-headed, ill-tempered, greedy, and what's more, she was a fool. The Schoolmistress, and other stories As I say, the young are high-strung, nervous, excitable; the middle-aged are empty-headed, stolid, and stupid. The People of the Abyss No author can live by his work and be as empty-headed as an average successful painter. An Unsocial Socialist It was simply impossible that Natalie's fancy could be really taken by such an empty-headed fool as that! Miss or Mrs? He would not allow me to praise a lady then at Bath; observing, 'She does not gain upon me, Sir; I think her empty-headed.' Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood I have heard poor, silly, empty-headed women say that it is manly to smoke. The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation "An empty-headed man, or one who always doubts and argues, would be useless," he replied sharply. When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot Meanwhile dinner progressed, and Mrs. Selldon talked to an empty-headed but loquacious man on her left, and racked her brains for something to say to the alarmingly silent author on her right. The Autobiography of a Slander Old Flathead, empty-headed meddler, know That I am proud possessing such appendice. Cyrano De Bergerac I couldn’t bear the idea of her being criticized by every empty-headed chatterer belonging to the Cause. The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes |
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