Sentence examples for irony lies from inspiring English sources
Dark irony lies in the departures.
A further irony lies in the origins of the indictment.
Beyond irony lies a subversive uncertainty, somewhere between parody and parrotry.
The irony lies in the fact that this new machine is also one of the best on-road SUVs ever created.
The final irony lies in the whistleblower's faith in normal people, the assumption that they will welcome being less deceived, and use the revelations to press for reform in their governments and institutions.
Of course, much of the irony lies in the recycling of Gumpisms in what's being sold as a high-flown, semi-arthouse enterprise – and in a David Fincher film to boot.
One irony lay in the fact that his big acting breakthrough came when he portrayed a dashing soldier in The Regiment, an early 1970s TV drama series.
The irony lay not in Mr Miliband's conclusions – "a far greater sense of responsibility in our country" – but in the venue at which it was delivered: the London headquarters of the international accountancy firm KPMG.
On the other end of the irony spectrum lies Barneys.
Real irony, however, lies elsewhere.
Somewhere between the two lies irony - which requires the self-immersion of tragedy and the detachment of comedy.
