Sentence examples for ironical from inspiring English sources

I find that ironical," he said.

And according to Emma Rothschild, an expert on 18th century economic thought, its use was "ironical on each of the three occasions".So much for selfishness.

Their enemies' leaders had no such problems.Elizabeth Becker's title, "When the War Was Over", is strictly ironical.

While he did not raise the income tax, fees and charges on pretty much anything and everything in Massachusetts have shot up, including marriage license fees – ironical for a proponent of so-called "family values".

It is, indeed, somewhat ironical that the applicants here are seeking to be regarded as political offenders in respect of offences committed in part whilst Mr Berlusconi himself was actually in office...I just cannot see corrupt political contributors...as "political prisoners".But Mr Berlusconi has a second line of defence.

The editor of The Economist hereby declares that he is not aware of any scientific evidence that ironical Economist leaders are addictive.

So here is Berlin in his own ironical voice, as selected by editors.

A hundred years earlier, Lucian, who was also Syrian, proved himself a master of flowing and ironical Greek prose in his satirical dialogues.

He is read for his penetrating characterizations, his drama, his ironical epigrams, and his unpredictability.

In the verse of Les Complaintes (1885), L'Imitation de Notre-Dame la Lune (1886; "The Imitation of Our Lady the Moon"), and Le Concile féerique (1886; "The Fairy Council"), Laforgue gave ironical expression to his obsession with death, his loneliness, and his boredom with daily routine.

The Fair Haven (1873) is an ironical defense of Christianity, which under the guise of orthodox zeal undermines its miraculous foundations.