tragic flaw
Example Sentences
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History reflects humankind’s most tragic flaw: Humans are incapable of protecting themselves from themselves.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2023
In this telling, Coriolanus’ overestimation of her own savvy is a tragic flaw.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2017
It might have been Tressel’s tragic flaw to love not wisely but too well, seeing his players as his children and himself as the person best positioned to discipline them.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2016
These guys’ tragic flaw, if you want to put it in grand and mythical terms, was the need to be famous or be loved.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2016
He couldn’t easily promulgate it, though, because he had a tragic flaw: a severe speech impediment, perhaps a stutter.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
