ironic
Example Sentences
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There is something quietly ironic about expecting municipal leaders to serve as democratic guardrails when we have collectively abdicated our own responsibility in even the simplest level of civic participation.
From Salon
In the year commemorating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, it is supremely ironic that 2026 could also mark a similar declaration by America’s historically staunchest allies.
From Barron's
“I answered a question where I was being sarcastic and ironic, and it’s followed me around,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
They can be scathingly ironic, alert to every hypocrisy that corroborates their cynical worldview, and even seductive in a perverse, power-mad way.
From Los Angeles Times
All of which is deeply ironic, considering Miami’s famously checkered history of slipping cash to players.
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