How to use ironic in a sentence

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• After thirty minutes of safety, Selby finally potted a red, to ironic cheers.From the entry safety
• He was talking in earnest, even though his speech carried an ironic tone.From the entry in earnest
• "The big league athlete had the dubious honor of being voted 'Most Difficult to Interview' by the sportswriters." An ironic honor, so to speak.From the entry dubious honor
• She works more than 12 hours a day at homemaking and childcare, so it is ironic that she is classified as a nonworking spouse.From the entry nonworking
• His was the spirit of the age: self-deprecating, metrosexual, all ironic distance, no ambition.2023 October 29, Zoe Williams, “‘An ironic, self-deprecating metrosexual’: how Matthew Perry captured the spirit of the age”, in The…. From the entry metrosexual
• This meta-ness and ironic distance doesn’t always present in an artist’s generic choices.2021 September 29, Rachel Aroesti, “Collapsed laughing: how the gap between music and comedy has disappeared”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry meta-ness
• It was ironic, considering how antiwarrior both his father and brother were.2020, Juliana Stone, His Darkest Hunger. From the entry antiwarrior
• The thoroughgoingly ironic environmentalist laughs at herself, not just at others.2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 45. From the entry thoroughgoingly
• The use of voice-over, characteristic of Ealing comedy, is also ironic.2014 July 14, Marcia Landy, British Genres: Cinema and Society, 1930-1960, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 377. From the entry Ealing comedy
• They sit around, with ironic trousers on and three haircuts each, waiting to be discovered.2013, Kate Tempest, Wasted, page 13. From the entry I'm not being funny
• Tessa: Pretty ironic that a box full of rubbers landed me to a town full of plastic.2011, Emily Kapnek, Suburgatory. From the entry plastic
• There is nothing Pirandellian about this writing, nothing detached and ironic.2011, Studs Terkel, The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century, The New Press, →ISBN, page 155. From the entry Pirandellian
• The ironic twist is that he recently admitted to a possible onset of coulrophobia.2006, Crimson de la Voire, Crimson’s Erotica: Volume One — A Collection of Stories About Submission and Pleasure, page 35. From the entry coulrophobia
• Or perhaps states were beginning to appreciate how ironic welfare reform really is.2000, Sanford F. Schram, After Welfare: The Culture of Postindustrial Social Policy, →ISBN, page 105. From the entry tighten up
• But it’s ironic, because I sincerely feel that I’m disattracted to another male.2000, Edward J. Tejirian, quoting Alex, “Emotional Paths”, in Male to Male: Sexual Feelings Across the Boundaries of Identity (Haworth Gay…. From the entry disattract
• Is his vousvoyering of the lady supposed to be, like, ironic?1998 March 1, Lee Rudolph, “Cold shoulder?”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet). From the entry vousvoyer
• I hesitate to recommend it, because so much depends on the ironic vision of the viewer.1989 May 19, Roger Ebert, “Road House”, in RogerEbert.com. From the entry good-bad
• The second error is to assume that a work embodying the ironic mythos is an anti-romance.1984, Kathryn Hume, “Fantasy as a Function of Form”, in Fantasy and Mimesis: Responses to Reality in Western Literature, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry mythos
• “You want to know the ironic thing?2025 June 13, Kashmir Hill, “They Asked ChatGPT Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry obituary
• The UK's fishing industry has complained that Ocean is “indiscriminate” (arguably an ironic adjective for anyone involved in trawling).2025 May 17, Henry Mance, “Now we are almost out of time”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN…. From the entry indiscriminate
• In title, Trumpwave may once have evoked a certain ironic response, to be interpreted as derisive or polysomic.2019, Emile Frankel, Hearing the Cloud: Can Music Help Reimagine the Future?. From the entry Trumpwave
• Even words that might seem approbative like chachem for wise man, with the slightest turn take on an ironic twist.Winter 2017, Joseph Epstein, “Jokes: A Genre of Thought”, in Jewish Review of Books, volume 7, number 4. From the entry approbative
• This is somewhat ironic, given that the DOT now prefers metal neutral joint ventures as a mechanism to lower fares.2014, Brian F. Havel, Gabriel S. Sanchez, The Principles and Practice of International Aviation Law, →ISBN, page 161. From the entry metal neutral
• The thing I like most about the Total Recall remake is the—I have to presume ironic—name of its production company.2012 August 24, John Patterson, “Total Recall—a remake to forget”, in The Guardian. From the entry remake
• Billington liked Rickman's 'voice, presence and air of ironic melancholy . . . what I miss is any internal tension'.2012 May 31, Maureen Paton, Alan Rickman: The Unauthorised Biography, Random House, →ISBN. From the entry Rickman
• America’s current division into Red States and Blue States is given a romantic twist in the ironic Romeo & Juliet-esue Conventioneers.2006 April 13, “Films”, in Statesman Journal, volume 155, number 17, Salem, Ore., →ISSN, →OCLC, “2006 Salem Film Festival” section, page…. From the entry Romeo & Juliet-esque
• Or whether a one-shouldered Tarzany shirt is too trendy, or genuinely stunning in an ironic, self-aware kind of way.2006, Wendy Spero, Microthrills: True Stories from a Life of Small Highs, Penguin, page 169. From the entry Tarzany
• Were ironic quotation marks ever so deserved?2003, Peter Lee, Halcyon days: How to lose a war in a week. From the entry ever so
• Counter intentional or ironic error is a further example of the delinking of intentional thought processes and behavior.2001, Giora Hon, Sam S. Rakover, Explanation: Theoretical Approaches and Applications, →ISBN. From the entry ironic error
• "What's ironic," Alexandra said, "is that Mother named her Wren because as a newborn she reminded Mother of a shy bird.2000, Rebecca Wade, A Wanted Woman, Avon Books, →ISBN, page 53. From the entry wren
• The macho gay, the leather queen, the denim groupie — these are more than just ironic rejoinders to heterosexual masculinity.1993, Anthony Giddens, The Transformation of Intimacy: Sexuality, Love and Eroticism in Modern Societies, →ISBN, page 147. From the entry leather queen
• Socrates is the archetypal high master of subtle, ironic anacrisis.1985, Aaron Fogel, Coercion to Speak: Conrad's Poetics of Dialogue, →ISBN, page 29. From the entry anacrisis
• This is ironic after the elaborate adynatons.1971, David William Foster, The Marqués de Santillana (Twayne’s World Authors Series; 154), New York, N.Y.: Twayne Publishers, →OCLC. From the entry adynaton

Meaning of ironic

1. adjective Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
2. adjective Odd or coincidental; strange.
3. adjective Acting in an unserious and teasing manner.

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Questions about ironic in a sentence

How do you use ironic in a sentence?

Ironic is used as an adjective. For example: “It's somewhat ironic to have a wave of smog right on Earth Day.”

What is a short sentence with ironic?

“This is ironic after the elaborate adynatons.”

What does ironic mean?

Ironic means characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.