more ironic
Example Sentences
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“We tried this Bob Dylan-y thing, like …” she rattles off a rapid-fire nonsense representation of “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” “then we went through something more funky, more ironic, kind of Talking Heads,” she says, laughing.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024
While Garten was sincere in her delivery, the phrase made its way through the more ironic corners of the internet, until it was eventually imbued with a slightly more snide edge.
From Salon • Aug. 2, 2023
What’s even more ironic, in a tragic way, is that the Atlantic’s cover theme, “Absolute Power,” should be about Russian President Vladimir Putin, rather than Mohammed bin Salman.
From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2022
The slogan “United by Emotion,” posted on the back of the team benches, seemed more ironic than inspirational.
From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2021
Maybe that made this all the more ironic; it certainly seemed more unfair.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
