How to Use ironic in a Sentence

ironic

adjective

• She has an ironic sense of humor.
• It is ironic that the robber's car crashed into a police station.
• It's ironic that computers break down so often, since they're meant to save people time.
• The title of the show is, to be sure, more ironic than not.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
• And memes, these post-ironic memes just aren't the same.
  — Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 9 July 2021
• The very end of Virgo season is when the fall equinox hits—and isn’t it ironic?
  — Bianca London, Glamour, 22 Sep. 2023
• Somehow both brothers end up at the test and, in an ironic twist, Tomás gets the job.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
• Which is ironic because this thing is no joke to cart around.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 30 Nov. 2022
• How ironic, then, that the law is causing new rays of truth to burst forth—in Europe.
  — wsj.com, 20 Apr. 2023
• In a follow-up post, Banks said Jacky’s death was ironic.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
• But how ironic that the free market turns out to be anything but free.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 26 Feb. 2021
• Bryce’s father calls his son’s death at that beach ironic in that sense.
  — USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
• What’s ironic, though, is that in Europe they’re prized for their pure white, mild flesh.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 26 July 2023
• What’s ironic is my son just left last night to fly to North Carolina.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
• After this week, Fisher always will be, though, and that’s the most ironic thing of all.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 20 May 2022
• The fact that the bulk of their clients were state lodges of the Fraternal Order of Police was simply ironic.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2023
• Which is ironic because in a sense, that’s the most important thing.
  — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 16 July 2024
• And then came the most bitter and ironic failure for Staley and his defense.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• Ant-Man is a somewhat ironic choice for a very, very big job: Kicking off the next phase of Marvel movies.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
• Trelawny, the younger son, is bookish and ironic, and the most frequent narrator.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022
• What’s ironic is our men’s team has embraced the tactics the women need to follow.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023
• To colleagues in the field, the circumstances of Ms. Bilek’s departure struck a note that was both ironic and painful.
  — New York Times, 26 Mar. 2021
• An ironic twist to this friendly back and forth — was that Harris and Paul were brothers.
  — Steve Wiser, The Courier-Journal, 20 Apr. 2024
• The setting of the brutal attack in western New York was ironic.
  — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2022
• That ironic tone comes through loud and clear on social media.
  — New York Times, 16 July 2022
• And isn't that ironic for a league that emphasizes the control of any variable known to humankind?
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2022
• The idea is that posts of any genre can develop layers of irony to the point that the posters are no longer being ironic, just sincere.
  — Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2022
• Would they have been given the ironic cheer treatment had their number come up?
  — Andy Mitten, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
• Be sure to share your thoughts in the comments section of our – yes, this is ironic – social media pages as well.
  — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
• In another ironic twist, Kayce sells it for the ridiculously low price of $1.25 an acre, the original price his ancestors paid.
  — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Jan 2025