Example sentences for: ironies

How can you use “ironies” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • (To his credit, Wachtler does not ignore the rich ironies of his situation.

  • The unnoted ironies pile up: Their fulminations notwithstanding, both McGreevey and Andrews have received better-than-average ratings from green groups.

  • Critics note two other ironies: 1) Schindler's List is the most graphic program ever shown on network television.

  • It is one of the ironies of Nevada politics that its Republican congressmen (Jim Gibbons and John Ensign) end up crediting their state's success to government regulation and corporate taxation.

  • It's the ex-paramour, not the husband, who hires a detective agency to dog the mysteriously wayward Sarah, and--in one of those ironies that feels delightfully postmodern--it's Maurice himself who ends up being trailed by a Cockney gumshoe, Parkis (an amusingly earnest Ian Hart), when Sarah reinitiates contact.


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