Example Sentences

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Later in the evening, Shteyngart reappeared in a red and black smoking jacket that he used to wear semi-ironically at parties he threw in Brooklyn.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2021

And his delivery is often wry, almost amused, as though he too is enjoying the film semi-ironically.

From Slate • Dec. 24, 2018

I first encountered this boppy number on the 1997 Hanson album “Snowed In,” which my roommate had bought semi-ironically and semi extremely enthusiastically.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 19, 2018

I say this as a fan of the original "Deadpool 2," which I semi-ironically described as "exactly what America needs to lead us into the future": "Once Upon A Deadpool" shouldn't even be a movie.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2018

Jacquot semi-ironically layers in somber music and ponderous narration to make Marc's hooking up with the wrong woman seem more like a tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2015