Sentence examples for utter irony from inspiring English sources

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What becomes further apparent in this sad saga is the utter irony of the criticisms often thrown at Australian Muslims; that they don't assimilate or contribute to our society.

But I sure will point out the utter irony in the Hilton's use of the public process which they themselves are denying everyone else in connection with their own project.

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"All the majesty of this great government" — imagine that phrase being uttered without irony on Capitol Hill today.

It's hard to know what to make of any enterprise in which the phrase "hopes and dreams do come true" is uttered without irony.

Irony is never the politician's strongest suit, but New Labour is an utter stranger to irony.

He does not seem to have learnt from experience, to judge by the new film, Ronaldo, an hour and 42 minutes of self-absorption devoted substantially to a love-in between CR7 and his agent, Jorge Mendes, of whom the player says, with utter lack of irony: "He is the best; the Cristiano Ronaldo of agents".

Waksman describes the piece as "a hymn to beauty and femininity", a sentiment uttered apparently without irony.

"Is this a funeral?" — a genuine question uttered entirely without irony when the public sees fashionistas waiting in line for a show.

Kobe Bryant grinned and uttered the word "irony" as he considered the fact that the team that drafted him nearly 17 years ago was his opponent on the night he eclipsed a scoring milestone to join an exclusive club of NBA greats.

He and Laverty are utter strangers to the irony and cynicism that are pretty much integral to the language of almost any other kind of cinema.

Many banksters have a finely developed sense of irony and utter contempt for financial reporters' intelligence and independence.

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