How to Use tragic flaw in a Sentence

tragic flaw

noun

• So there’s a sort of tragic flaw right from the beginning in our telling.
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 24 July 2026
• The diva must have great dignity, but also a tragic flaw.
  — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
• Cox’s film is biased in Bill’s favor, portraying him as a lapdog whose love for this screeching, spiteful, beady-eyed woman is his great tragic flaw.
  — Katie Rife, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026
• And yet there remains an ineffable quality, especially in Aje — a placid dreamy blankness, inimitable, touching in its naiveté, and a tragic flaw all at once.
  — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
• Transit improvements will also give many residents better opportunities for jobs, because transportation will not be their tragic flaw.
  — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2025