Sentence examples for a touch ironic from inspiring English sources

But for a man so reluctant to reveal anything of himself (to a journalist! Who'd have thought it?), his preferred plot motivation is a touch ironic.

"This is the last step in divorcing the law lords from any connection with the legislative business of the House of Lords," says Lord Phillips, the president of the new court.That Britain is only now severing ties between Parliament and the judiciary is more than a touch ironic.

Greg Barns, a human-rights lawyer, who worked with him on the republican campaign, reckons he is also "the brightest bloke in the parliament".So it would be a touch ironic if Wentworth's conservative voters dumped the environment minister not for being too green, but for being not green enough.

It's a touch ironic, since Kinky Boots is based on a 2005 English film, and the American creative team – which includes veteran book writer Harvey Fierstein and Broadway neophyte Cyndi Lauper – decided to keep the source material's original setting of Northampton.

It's more than a touch ironic, then, that deconstruction has been the punk element most thoroughly de-politicized, and best adapted to luxury fashion.

Should the Emmy finally go to "Game of Thrones," rather than competitors such as Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black" or the final season of "Mad Men," it would be a touch ironic.

For sound, and a touch of ironic theatrical extravagance, Sir John is pre-eminent.

The Oakland Ballet Company does not have the manpower to field the usual armies of snowflakes and flowers, so, while we miss the intricate patterns of larger ensembles in these scenes, Lustig administers a series of tiny astonishments: comic touches, ironic twists to tradition, moments that reveal character or render the music in jewel-like images.

That may sound like a hard slog, but for anyone interested in understanding human nature, the material is engrossing, and when the going gets heavy, Pinker knows how to lighten it with ironic comments and a touch of humor.

An amusing blow to the head, an ironic kick to the nuts, a touch of analysis intentionally overwhelmed by a sly joke.

The titles are a touch more Hollywood, with racy music and post-ironic dayglo colours.