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
This shortsightedness might seem like Hamid’s own tragic flaw were it not writ large elsewhere throughout history.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2020
In this telling, Coriolanus’ overestimation of her own savvy is a tragic flaw.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2017
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
