ironic
Example Sentences
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And that makes Gorsuch’s media strategy even more ironic.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
It’s ironic because my wife, her dream trip is to go to Iceland the country, and the closest we’re getting to that right now is an ice-skating rink.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Australia initially disinvited its choice, artist Khaled Sabsabi, for including a Hezbollah leader in one of his ironic video works created years ago—but reinvited him after a national outcry.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
It’s ironic that one of the country’s leading AI companies is casting doubt on AI, but that is how the Alex Karp-led company rolls.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
An ironic sign in a war zone at a US defensive position seven miles northeast of Saigon, 1969.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
Vocabulary lists containing ironic
The Giver
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This Week in Words: October 28 - November 2, 2018
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