Example sentences for: flaw

How can you use “flaw” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • On the positive side, "Faludi's reportorial and literary skills unfold with a breathtaking confidence and beauty" (Elizabeth Gleick, Time ). More often, though, critics call the book "didactic and highly simplistic" (Kakutani, the New York Times ). Judith Shulevitz finds a flaw at the center of Faludi's thesis: She "assumes something that's no longer true: that America is in the throes of downsizing and loss"; and her focus on the marginalized and downsized distorts her view: "she should have said she was talking about class; she claimed to be talking about gender" (the New York Times Book Review ). (Click here to listen to an interview with Faludi.)

  • These settings exaggerate his weaknesses, and that may be a fatal flaw.

  • Second, that the rankings suffer from a serious conceptual flaw.

  • That's the least bad flaw for an elite to have.

  • But exposing the logical flaw here does not depend on any huffing and puffing about America's leadership role.


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