How do you use the word "flaw" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "flaw": My technique is without flaw. I can't find a single flaw in her theory.

Flaw Meaning

/flɔː/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA flake, fragment, or shiver.

nounA thin cake, as of ice.

Sentence Examples

My technique is without flaw.

I can't find a single flaw in her theory.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

defect

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

Inspect the diamond for any tiny ____ before you purchase such an expensive gem.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The jeweler found a tiny ____ in the diamond that was invisible to the naked eye.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English flawe, flay (“a flake of fire or snow, spark, splinter”), probably from Old Norse flaga (“a flag or slab of stone, flake”), from Proto-Germanic *flagō (“a layer of soil”), from Proto-Indo-European *plok- (“broad, flat”). Cognate with Icelandic flaga (“flake”), Swedish flaga (“flake, scale”), Danish flage (“flake”), Middle Low German vlage (“a layer of soil”), Old English flōh (“a fragment, piece”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"This heart / Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws." — c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:

"Has not this also its flaws and its dark side?" — 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:

"And snow and haile and stormie gust and flaw" — 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

"Yniol with that hard message went; it fell, / Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn: […]" — 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 41:

"And deluges of armies from the town / Come pouring in; I heard the mighty flaw." — 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, →OCLC, (please specify the page number):

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