Sentence examples for Ironic smirk from inspiring English sources
Meanwhile, for those outside the orbit of this style, the gulf between the jobcentre as a service and the Job Centre as a bar isn't an ironic smirk at gentrification but its most blatant manifestation.
So that ironic smirking self is undermined by humor, called into question by it.
He is one of those people who goes through life with the brightness knob turned all the way up; he has George W. Bush's high spirits, but without his sardonic smirk or ironic wit.
For instance, you might adopt a subtle smirk after giving out effuse, ironic praise to convey that your previous remarks weren't 100% sincere.
We see, from left to right, a head hung pessimistically as if to say there's no point in asking for justice: an incredulous near-smile; a half-ironic look of solicitation and a world-weary smirk.
In an age when a lazy, ironic detachment is broadcasting's default setting, where everything from pop radio to children's TV to early evening light entertainment comes with a knowing smirk, it's actually rather startling to hear.
