irony|ironies in English

noun

[i·ron·y || 'aɪə(r)nɪ]

sarcasm, speech or writing which is intended to communicate a meaning contrary to its literal sense; contrast between what is expected or desired and reality

Use "irony|ironies" in a sentence

1. Life is full of ironies, some hilarious, some tragic.

2. Their proposed kidnapping of Brewski baron Alfred Heineken (Hauer) is particularly fitting for Rem, since the boy's meek father (Ton Kas), who worked at Heineken, was laid off for having become, irony of ironies, an alcoholic.

3. From the beginning, this crisis was replete with ironies.

4. That is one of the painful ironies of domestication.

5. The trial is an ironic finish to a career replete with ironies.

6. The reception history of Georges Bizet's final dramatic work, Carmen, is rife with ironies

7. No verbal irony here.

8. No irony in that, huh?

9. She spoke with heavy irony.

10. The irony is lost in translation.

11. She congratulated him with gentle irony.

12. He smiles ruefully at the irony.

13. Enough irony for all of us.

14. Tell me, do you appreciate irony?

15. The phrase is loaded with irony.

16. I'M STARTING TO SMELL THE IRONY.

17. You see, history's rich in irony.

18. Iris's voice was heavily laced with irony.

19. It is one of the great ironies that Bourbon is a dry county.

20. They saw them as contradictions, occasions for elaborated ironies, for indignation and anger.

21. It was a manoeuvre replete with irony.

22. Do I detect a tinge of irony?

23. She said to him with slight irony.

24. Irony in the Cask of Amontillado Examples

25. "Mockery, irony and Archness," Mr