FLAW in a Sentence

Learn FLAW from example sentences, some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

For FLAW, below is one of 29 sentences:
However, the sooner you apologize for your mistake, the more likely it will be viewed as an error in judgment and not a character flaw.

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 Meanings and Examples of FLAW
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
flaw
 n.  crack or breach; gap or fissure; defect; fault; sudden burst of noise and disorder
Classic Sentence:
1  You can hardly find a flaw in the case which can now be presented against him, and all further investigation has served to strengthen it.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
2  The first flaw in my happiness was the arrival of the red-moustached Mr. Woodley.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
3  But there is one little flaw in your splendid theory.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
4  Maud's manner indicated that the falsity of the story was an insignificant flaw in its general delightfulness.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
5  The sound was curiously flawed by the wind; and I was listening, and thinking how the wind assailed and tore it, when I heard a footstep on the stair.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXIX
6  Handle them never so lightly, and they fell to pieces with such ease that you might suspect them of having been flawed before.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I
7  As she sat before the mirror brushing her hair, her face looked hollow and pale, and she was frightened by two little lines near her mouth, faint flaws in the smooth curve of the cheek.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
8  Whatever she had, she seemed to survey only to pick flaws in it; but, once fairly away, there was no end to her valuation of it.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
Example Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1  There is still a basic flaw in your selection procedure.
2  A design flaw caused the engine to explode.
3  I returned the material because it had a flaw in it.
4  The only flaw is the slightly slow response times when you press the buttons.
5  However, the sooner you apologize for your mistake, the more likely it will be viewed as an error in judgment and not a character flaw.
6  If they become too fat, that is a flaw and they are called flabby.
7  The flaw in this vase makes it less valuable.
8  But thanks to the flaw the IT security researchers found, in many instances the way the encryption has been implemented on the server side across large swathes of the internet has been flawed.
9  Although the new environmental regulations are flawed, they represent a move in the right direction.
10  There are irredeemable flaws in the logic of the argument.
11  The argument is full of fundamental flaws.
12  This vase would be perfect but for a few small flaws in its base.
13  Even a superficial inspection revealed serious flaws.
14  Let me enumerate many flaws in your hypothesis.
15  It's okay to have flaws, which makes you real.