Example Sentences

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Finding a late-inning Eden in Africa was just one of the ironies that marked a remarkable life.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

“In this irony of ironies, when we could all be reunited in our homeland for the first time in 44 years, I wasn’t invited.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

If that’s even 10 percent true, it has to rank as one of the cruelest historical ironies imaginable.

From Salon • Aug. 31, 2025

Dahlia Lithwick: One of the ironies of this case is that the court was able to fast-track this oral argument and get all the briefing in really quickly.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2025

The lighthearted ironies she might have deployed among her friends deserted her in his presence, and she heard her own voice become thin when she attempted some docile contradiction.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan