Sentence examples for ironic intent from inspiring English sources
One particular joy of recent weeks (and this comes with no ironic intent) has been Norman Tebbit's blogging.
Stewart and Colbert are appropriating the form of a protest event and subverting it with ironic intent.
And here it was again, at the Oscars, where our daughters, some of whom aren't old enough to appreciate the ironic intent, saw it.
And he delights in deadpan humor, which, if one does not show signs at once of appreciating his ironic intent, he underlines with a harsh, dry laugh.
This was first amended on 11 January 2013, at the author's request, because some readers had missed her ironic intent in using the word "granted" in quotation marks.
A slick, billboard-size painting of Mitt Romney resembling a campaign ad made, presumably with ironic intent by Richard Phillips, pictures the opposition, but a rousing spirit of unity does not emerge from the clamor of different identity groups.
You can live like a character in a Roy Lichtenstein panel: stencils made by Bliss come in three widths, to color you surprised, ironic or intent.
Also possessing ironic or flippant intent are Grace J. Rim's dreamy, painted hearts that have titles like "Love SUCKS"; Jacob Robichaux's hammy, oddly closed-off installation with broken plates; and Oona Stern's minimal, easily-overlooked architectural grafts.
Harnett considered himself a still-life rather than trompe-l'oeil artist, but he inspired a rich crop of American illusionistic followers, and depictions of dollar banknotes — often with ironic and satirical intent — became a staple of the local genre.
But whether the intent is ironic or not, the effect is still the same when you hear a song like this dropped at peak hours.
