Sentence examples for remarkable irony from inspiring English sources

Mr. Giannoulias questioned Mr. Kirk's truthfulness: "What are you talking about, congressman?" Mr. Kirk accused Mr. Giannoulias of flip-flopping on issues, a claim Mr. Giannoulias described as "the most remarkable irony in the history of Illinois politics".

It is a remarkable irony of history that when the leading voices of the radical environmental movements of the 1960s and 70s occupy governmental power in most western nations, their political and international influence is on the wane.

A remarkable irony of the rediscovery is that last September, in the very month in which the plant was found – but before the finding was made public – the ghost orchid was chosen as the symbol of a new conservation campaign because of its presumed extinction.

At low wages, a smartphone-enabled human driver is formidable competition for a driverless vehicle.It would be a remarkable irony if the driverless car in many ways the symbol of the technological revolution that is now reshaping modern economies fails to materialise as an economic reality thanks to the disemploying power of other technologies.

He said being lectured by Kirk on decisiveness was "the most remarkable irony in the history of Illinois politics".

The remarkable irony is that the wording and intent within the Second Amendment is actually on progressive's side.

Macaulay's "Mill on Government," published in the March 1829 issue of The Edinburgh Review, is a remarkable mixture of logical criticism, irony, mordant wit, and droll parody.

In 1916, the British government undertook a remarkable project, replete with the ironies of dashed expectations which have so often been seen as a central aspect of the First World War.

It is one of the many poignant ironies of this remarkable book that Deng survives Sudan only to find himself utterly unhappy in America, constantly doubting his own existence.

The irony of Tito's remarkable life is that he created the conditions for the eventual destruction of his lifelong effort.

The irony is that the remarkable safety of anesthesia underlying the assumption that anyone can do it is purely a result of physicians' innovation.