Use of irony in Sentences. 29 Examples

The examples include irony at the start of sentence, irony at the end of sentence and irony in the middle of sentence

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irony at the start of sentence


  1. Irony was that I didn't even like her.

irony at the end of sentence


  1. She spoke with heavy irony.
  2. Do I detect a tinge of irony?
  3. The phrase is loaded with irony.
  4. She said to him with slight irony.
  5. She congratulated him with gentle irony.
  6. Iris's voice was heavily laced with irony.
  7. He thanked us all without a touch of irony.
  8. Caine has always been an actor who excels in irony.
  9. In the closing lines, the poet indulges his sense of irony.
  10. Wagner calls his program 'the worst talk show in America,' without a hint of irony.
  11. 'Of course Michael won't be late; you know how punctual he always is,' she said with heavy irony.

irony in the middle of sentence


  1. The irony is lost in translation.
  2. There was a note of irony in his voice.
  3. Do I detect a note of irony in your voice?
  4. There was a note of irony in that reservation.
  5. There was a touch of irony/humour in her voice.
  6. She tried to ignore the heavy irony in his voice.
  7. Paradox and irony are characteristics of her style.
  8. There was not the faintest trace of irony in her voice.
  9. The tragic irony is that the drug was supposed to save lives.
  10. The irony was that Shawn had not seen her. Nor for that matter had anyone else.
  11. The irony is that the new tax system will burden those it was intended to help.
  12. The irony is that when he finally got the job, he discovered he didn't like it.
  13. Sinclair examined the closed, clever face for any hint of irony, but found none.
  14. The final irony was that he became Minister of Education having left school at 12.
  15. By a cruel irony,(.com/irony.html) he died in a crash while returning home from the war.
  16. The irony is that many officials in Washington agree in private that their policy is inconsistent.
  17. It is a nice irony that the Minister of Transport missed the meeting because her train was delayed.

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