IRONIC in a Sentence

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268 example sentences for IRONIC, such as:

1. They struck a rich seam of iron ore.
2. The hot iron scorched the tablecloth.
3. Spinach is a valuable source of iron.
4. He hit a magnificent shot with a nine iron.
5. The iron's too hot, you'll singe the dress.

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 Meanings and Examples of IRONIC
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
ironic
 a.  humorously sarcastic or mocking
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Prince Andrew looked silently at Pierre with an ironic smile.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XI
2  Napoleon turned to him with a pleasant, though slightly ironic, smile.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER VII
3  "He writes about this war," said the prince, with the ironic smile that had become habitual to him in speaking of the present war.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER II
4  "Always busy," replied Michael Ivanovich with a respectfully ironic smile which caused Princess Mary to turn pale.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER II
5  Napoleon made ironic remarks during Fabvier's account, as if he had not expected that matters could go otherwise in his absence.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXVI
6  While the soldiers were shouting Kutuzov leaned forward in his saddle and bowed his head, and his eye lit up with a mild and apparently ironic gleam.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER VI
7  They hailed Ethan with ironic compliment and offers of conviviality; but no one knew where to find the glue.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
8  For years she had thought that nothing mattered very much to him, that he thought everything in life, including her, an ironic joke.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIV
9  She continued to confront him with the same air of ironic composure.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 7
10  There were moments when Lily found an ironic amusement in this aspect of the case.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 9
11  The hunt was long, animated, and thorough, but unsuccessful; and, with grave, ironic exultation, Cassy looked down on Legree, as, weary and dispirited, he alighted from his horse.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
12  Perhaps it was an impulse of unconscious loyalty, or the fulfillment of one of these ironic necessities that lurk in the facts of human existence.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In III
13  In a sky of iron the points of the Dipper hung like icicles and Orion flashed his cold fires.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
14  The iron heavens seemed to melt and rain down sweetness.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
15  The thousands of immigrants who'd be glad to fight for the Yankees for food and a few dollars, the factories, the foundries, the shipyards, the iron and coal mines--all the things we haven't got.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
Example Sentence: (58 in 4 pages)
16  The cell contained an iron bedframe bolted to the floor.
17  Cast iron cannot compare with steel in strength.
18  We're still trying to iron out some problems with the computer system.
19  The iron's too hot, you'll singe the dress.
20  The hot iron scorched the tablecloth.
21  Symptoms of anaemia include weakness, fatigue and iron deficiency.
22  He hit a magnificent shot with a nine iron.
23  Materials are all washable and none or minimum iron.
24  Liver is a particularly rich source of dietary iron.
25  They struck a rich seam of iron ore.
26  They used to extract iron ore from this site.
27  We crossed a small iron bridge over a meandering stream.
28  Spinach is a valuable source of iron.
29  He has a steely stare, a brassy attitude and an iron constitution.
30  Some elderly people suffer from iron deficiency in their diet.