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"Ironic" in a Sentence (17 examples)
"Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is quite a long word, isn't it?" "Yes, but do you know what it means?" "Actually, I don't." "It means fear of long words." "How ironic."
In a cruelly ironic twist of fate, someday Tatoeba will make an example of us all.
Imogen of the Internet, in spite of her American nationality, opened a Mixi account just to show off her ironic purikura album.
Ironic, isn't it?
It is ironic that one of the most colonialist countries of all times accuses Buenos Aires of being colonialist!
It's ironic that one of the most colonialist countries of all times accuses Buenos Aires of colonialism!
French poet, Alcanter de Brahm, proposed the irony mark (؟) towards the end of the 19th century to indicate a sentence which should be understood as ironic or sarcastic.
When people use the word "ironic", they may mean "comically incongruous".
It was ironic.
I was being ironic.
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It's somewhat ironic to have a wave of smog right on Earth Day.
It was ironic I forgot my textbook on human memory.
Chloe had once seen a real-life goth hanging around by a garbage bin in the high street and become incredibly excited. She really wanted to go over and ask her how to get started in the goth world, but she was too shy. Which was ironic, since shyness is something you need if you want to be a successful goth.
It's ironic that we are eating a sandwich in Sandwich, Massachusetts.
Don't take it personally. We're just being ironic.
You should assume that everything this guy posts is ironic.
Here’s a tip: If a group of people start using something as ironic hate speech, it will eventually be used for unironic hate speech. Don’t act surprised.
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