How to Use ironic in a Sentence
ironic
adjective- She has an ironic sense of humor.
- It is ironic that the robber's car crashed into a police station.
- It's ironic that computers break down so often, since they're meant to save people time.
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Send us the good, the bad, the sad, the funny and the ironic.
—Annie Lane, oregonlive, 19 June 2020
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The title of the show is, to be sure, more ironic than not.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
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And memes, these post-ironic memes just aren't the same.
—Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 9 July 2021
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The very end of Virgo season is when the fall equinox hits—and isn’t it ironic?
—Bianca London, Glamour, 22 Sep. 2023
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Somehow both brothers end up at the test and, in an ironic twist, Tomás gets the job.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
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Which is ironic because this thing is no joke to cart around.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 30 Nov. 2022
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How ironic, then, that the law is causing new rays of truth to burst forth—in Europe.
—wsj.com, 20 Apr. 2023
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In a follow-up post, Banks said Jacky’s death was ironic.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
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But how ironic that the free market turns out to be anything but free.
—Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 26 Feb. 2021
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Bryce’s father calls his son’s death at that beach ironic in that sense.
—USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
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What’s ironic, though, is that in Europe they’re prized for their pure white, mild flesh.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 26 July 2023
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The song, as it’s used here, lays on the ironic jauntiness with a trowel.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Jan. 2025
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Trump learned of his failure in a manner that could not have been more ironic.
—James Hibberd, EW.com, 7 Nov. 2020
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In a few ironic posts, the star lip-syncs while calling out the teachers that didn’t believe in him.
—Kori Williams, Seventeen, 11 June 2020
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What’s ironic is my son just left last night to fly to North Carolina.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
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Though in his ironic version, the umbrella is the source of a downpour.
—Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 28 Dec. 2020
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After this week, Fisher always will be, though, and that’s the most ironic thing of all.
—Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 20 May 2022
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The name was meant to be ironic, based on Jason’s theory of book clubs.
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2020
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The fact that the bulk of their clients were state lodges of the Fraternal Order of Police was simply ironic.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2023
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Which is ironic because in a sense, that’s the most important thing.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 16 July 2024
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And then came the most bitter and ironic failure for Staley and his defense.
—Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
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Ant-Man is a somewhat ironic choice for a very, very big job: Kicking off the next phase of Marvel movies.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
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Trelawny, the younger son, is bookish and ironic, and the most frequent narrator.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022
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What’s ironic is our men’s team has embraced the tactics the women need to follow.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023
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To colleagues in the field, the circumstances of Ms. Bilek’s departure struck a note that was both ironic and painful.
—New York Times, 26 Mar. 2021
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Brighton repeatedly exploited City’s weakness defending these situations — ironic for a team who built their success on scoring from such moves.
—Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
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In an ironic twist, Hartman’s punishment for an infraction in early February facilitated this on-ice reunion, as the Wild claimed Hinostroza off waivers to fill the roster gap created by his absence.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 4 Mar. 2025
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