How to use irony in a sentence

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• The great ironists do not merely use irony: they live ironically.From the entry ironist
• There was a hint of irony in his voice.From the entry hint
• It is cosmic irony that the descendants of this fanatic were saved by the very nation he hated during his life.From the entry cosmic irony
• For Super Straights to do just that, while claiming that they're persecuted is the ultimate irony.2021 March 15, Michelle Santiago Cortés, “The Super Straights Are Definitely Not Okay”, in Refinery29, archived from the original on 17…. From the entry super straight
• Hiller aside, it’s like being hit by a cold shower of irony, wrecking the spooky mood.2020 September 10, Jonathan Jones, “Not Without My Ghosts review – Yikes! It's time to unleash your inner Scooby Doo”, in The Guardian. From the entry cold shower
• The overwhelming turkification of the army brought with it other ironies.2019, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Arabs, Yale University Press, page 319. From the entry Turkification
• As one would say in Buffyspeak, soak in the irony for a moment.2006, Jennifer Ouellette, The Physics of the Buffyverse, unnumbered page. From the entry Buffyspeak
• New Age is goofy, yet self-serious, with no sense of irony.2005, Paul Harvey, Philip Goff., The Columbia Documentary History of Religion in America. From the entry self-serious
• That is no way hysterical, that is a calm and resignated irony.2004 October 11, Ondrej ondre Scerbej, “Meaning of "Parsifal"”, in humanities.music.composers.wagner (Usenet), archived from the original…. From the entry resignated
• Call it expediently located irony, or convenient rationalization, but I was keeping the money.2001, Percival Everett, Erasure, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 289. From the entry expediently
• The majority of gametime, however, is spent blowing away bad guys without a hint of irony.1998 March, John Altman, “Men In Black”, in Steve Bauman, editor, Computer Games Strategy Plus, Northfield, Ill.: Strategy Plus, →ISSN…. From the entry gametime
• In Plato we have this humour toned down into a refined irony.1905, The Gentleman's Magazine - Volume 299, page 599. From the entry spinous
• The irony probably couldn’t be more profound.2025 January 3, Marc Kerslake, “[Letters to the Editor] Safeguarding scandals and episcopal resignations”, in Church Times, London: GJ…. From the entry vestra culpa
• Clines’s hands, it was a front-page story, with a soupçon of bemused irony lurking just beneath the Timesian surface.2022 July 11, “A Few Words From a Master Journalist”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry Timesian
• It was much better than English for invention, and irony could be added to any word with a simple twist.2020, Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman, Corsair (2021), page 119. From the entry Chippewa
• Misresponse to irony depended on “who is speaking to whom.”2019, Willibald Ruch, Tracey Platt, René T. Proyer, Humor and Laughter, Playfulness and Cheerfulness, page 97. From the entry misresponse
• The irony of their name completely lost on them.2018, Eli Allison, Sour Fruit, London: Unbound, →ISBN. From the entry crayon-eater
• She is consistently but not deformingly alert to irony, to satire, to humor in its high and low forms.2015 November 17, Dwight Garner, “Review: In ‘SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome,’ Mary Beard Tackles Myths and More”, in New York Times. From the entry deformingly
• You probably know it better, however, as explanation by way of Internet—explanation that maximizes efficiency and irony in equal measure.2013 November 19, Megan Garber, “English Has a New Preposition, Because Internet”, in The Atlantic. From the entry because
• 'Well, boyo, this is a turn up for the book,' observed my friend David Llewellyn without a trace of irony.2013, David Stuart Davies, A Taste for Blood, →ISBN. From the entry turn up for the book
• The irony of it is that even if they stay out, it will lead to Syrianization of Lebanon.2012, Adam M. Howard, Edward Coltrin Keefer, Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1974-1976, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Historian, →ISBN…. From the entry Syrianization
• The irony is that the forum quickly shifted to discussions on race as it frequently does when gentrification is discussed.2010, Jerry Carrier, The Making of the Slave Class, Algora, →ISBN, page 177. From the entry gentrification
• Animutation is satire, irony, and social criticism packed into one.2009, Marcel Danesi, “I-power: Pop Culture in the Age of the Internet”, in X-rated! The Power of Mythic Symbolism in Popular Culture, New…. From the entry animutation
• Cabell also uses a kind of stylistic dissonance to reinforce his novel's thematic ironies at the sentence level.2008, Susan F. Beegel, “Introduction”, in John Steinbeck, Cup of gold: a life of Sir Henry Morgan, buccaneer, page xx. From the entry archaic
• The irony is that the House of Mouse may not enjoy copyright protection for its signature character after all.2007, Nikolaos Karagiannis, Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi, Modern State Intervention in the Era of Globalisation, Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN…. From the entry House of Mouse
• In true irony my “little” name had inspired me to become my own version of one of the Seven Dwarfs!2007, Debra Borden, A Little Bit Married, page 35. From the entry little name
• Irony can be applied both directively and non-directively.2006, Erik de Haan, Fearless Consulting, page 43. From the entry directively
• There is some considerable irony in this.2006, Richard Little, Michael Smith, Perspectives on World Politics, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 116. From the entry compellance
• Characters drift against a churchish background; the central women like the novel do not possess Pym's usual exuberance and irony.1998, Four British Women Novelists: Anita Brookner, Margaret Drabble, Iris Murdoch, Barbara Pym: An Annotated and Critical Secondary…. From the entry churchish
• ALCHEMY OF DECAY AND RUINISM The post-communist prophets hone their sharp ironies, herald the coming of doomsday, draw apocalyptic visions.1995, Vladislav Todorov, Red Square, Black Square: Organon for Revolutionary Imagination, page 182. From the entry ruinism
• Here he finds "concrete existence," for instance "hated irony" and dialogue and jokes and "the centuried roots of jazz."1987, Calvin Bedient, "On Milan Kundera," Salmagundi, no. 73 (Winter), p. 94. From the entry centuried
• Irony conjures a bipartient vision of reality, however, and therefore the ironist, I contend is the only rational artist.1959, Arvin R. Wells, Jesting Moses, page 69. From the entry bipartient
• There's irony in three of the greatest experts in robotics in the world falling into the same elementary trap, isn't there?1941 May, Isaac Asimov, “Liar!”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 27, number 3, page 53. From the entry robotics

Meaning of irony

1. noun The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
2. noun An ironic statement.
3. noun Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.

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Questions about irony in a sentence

How do you use irony in a sentence?

Irony is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “The food had an irony taste to it.”

What is a short sentence with irony?

“The irony probably couldn’t be more profound.”

What does irony mean?

Irony means the quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.