In his book of 1534 against the Apology, Cochlaeus complains that the youthful Melanchthon called old priests asses, sycophants, windbags, godless sophists, worthless hypocrites, etc.
"Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church"
Friedrich Bente
Start from Paris to-night, cross the Danube, reveal yourself to your supporters, and you will soon show these windbags that a man who means to rule is worth a hundred demagogues who exist only to spout.
"A Son of the Immortals"
Louis Tracy
Ed Borein tells more in them than hundreds of windbags have told in tens of thousands of pages.
"Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest"
J. Frank Dobie