Sentence examples for Ironic situation from inspiring English sources

"It was an ironic situation," said Bert Cunningham, a spokesman for the authority.

Gay marriage advocates are criticized today as threatening the institution of marriage....This ironic situation emanates from the fact that human nature finds comfort in conformity.

"You have this ironic situation where you could have these great northern authorities up there, but overseeing a Dutch, French or German government subsidiary running their services.

The Senate report may prompt Poland to speed up its lethargic investigation into Mr Siematkiowski, an ironic situation given that the Americans who carried out the torture have yet to face any charges.

Even in a more ironic situation, as when Fred sings "The Way You Look Tonight" to Ginger while she has cold cream all over her face, there is a naive sweetness.

The net effect is that children are left vulnerable – a sad and ironic situation for a practice that already often stands accused of being in the interests of parents rather than the offspring they go to such lengths to create.

They set out to create a new style, separate from English puzzle-mysteries and American violence, by building ironic situations where victims, often possible murderers themselves, were more interesting than detectives.

Morissette also took a jab at herself with the line: "It's singing ironic but there are no ironies", addressing a long-standing gripe that the original song does not actually illustrate ironic situations.

This has led to such grimly ironic situations as Kindle deleting copies of 1984 from people's readers).

Our jokes need to be rooted in ironic situations, clever word-play, and in our own flaws - jibes should not at the expense of the people we care for.

"It's a totally weird, ironic political situation," Mr. Maus said.