Sentence examples for irony without from inspiring English sources

I went back to the Midwest and wrote a book about the farmers in my family, who knew everything about irony without having to use its name.

The performance demonstrated Yankovsky's skill in playing heroic roles with a certain irony, without resorting to the larger-than-life mannerisms in Soviet cinema of the 1950s.

It stands to reason that in the post-recession, post-postmodern era, when a lot of consumers just want what they want — without irony, without attitude, without too many barriers — that Barneys is once again reflecting the city.

What follows is an absorbing rock show, but one teetering between Bruce Springsteen-style heart-on-sleeve storytelling and hipster irony without really knowing which way to jump – an ambivalence reflected in the somewhat subdued audience reaction.

We note the irony without comment.

I mean, the guy is reviled by some people, but to me he is the ultimate example of irony". Without having to worry about lyrics, it doesn't matter that Eminem's "Stan" involves a kidnapping.

Not without irony, not without discouragement, not without a sense that this may indeed be a proud arrogant kind sort of posture.

It effectively sends up our modern lack of understanding of emotion without irony, sweetness without bathos.

Finally, Rounds lamented what he called, without a hint of irony, "regulation without representation".

Spicer said without irony that people without a politics background "have had a difficult time adjusting" to higher office.

Dawkins has a nice sense of irony, deployed without mercy on the opponents of evolution.