How to Use irony in a Sentence

irony

noun
  • He has a strong sense of irony.
  • That's just one of life's little ironies.
  • It was a tragic irony that he made himself sick by worrying so much about his health.
  • The irony of the situation was apparent to everyone.
  • There’s quite an irony in this.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • The irony there is hard to miss.
    — Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • There’s irony in that, of course.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • There’s an irony at play, though.
    — T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
  • Here’s a small irony in all this.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The long-term irony could be stark.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
  • There is an irony in all of this.
    — Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • The irony should not be lost on you.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 10 May 2026
  • Yet there’s irony that’s hard to miss.
    — Peter McGraw, The Conversation, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Yet there’s irony that’s hard to miss.
    — Peter McGraw, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The irony, of course, is hard to miss.
    — Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • And that is the truth of it and the irony.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
  • As for the Bulls — irony alert!
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Yeah, there's a bit of irony there, of course.
    — Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The irony of the word lazy is quite hard to miss.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The irony is part of the appeal.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 May 2026
  • So that was the greatest irony.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
  • There is an irony in airplanes.
    — Jason Parham, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • This seems like an unfair irony to some.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Is that irony or just alignment?
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • And therein lies the irony of it all.
    — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • But the events were also laced with irony.
    — Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
  • There is a quieter irony at play, too.
    — Julian Rose, Artforum, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The irony is almost too much at times.
    — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
  • There is some irony in him being waived now.
    — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The irony is in the sequence of events.
    — J.c. Hallman, Oklahoma Watch, 22 Jan. 2026

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