tragic flaw
Example Sentences
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It was the same tragic flaw that also took down Lion Air Flight 610 in October 2018.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
History reflects humankind’s most tragic flaw: Humans are incapable of protecting themselves from themselves.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2023
Like, “I just love too hard” or, “My tragic flaw is that I care too much!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
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
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
