How to Use ironically in a Sentence

ironically

adverb
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  • In the process, the crown ironically passed to a rival from south of the border.
    — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 14 June 2023
  • But ironically, the one person who didn’t want to go to the strip club was Adam.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 12 May 2023
  • One friend points to the problem by sending me a link to, ironically, a tweet.
    — WIRED, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Now the guy is gone, and ironically, the company has not missed him at all.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2023
  • And ironically, horror films have played best when the world is in some kind of turmoil.
    — Vulture, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Culkin says hideous things to everyone, but ironically seems the most redeemable and wisest of the Roy kids.
    — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2023
  • All the Pac-12’s playoff eggs are now in the basket of Southern California, ironically one of the schools with a foot out the door.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Lighten up your night-out look this ruched off the shoulder style from Moré Noire, which ironically comes in white.
    — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2022
  • And although the shop is next door to The Ministry of Justice, ironically, no police were on hand in the area during the robbery.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 3 May 2023
  • Josh Gasser, who ironically was in my office last night, did that.
    — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The best defensive play, ironically, came against the run.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Oct. 2022
  • And, ironically for a show about rebellion, that happened in large part because of the bad guys.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2022
  • That’s all a far cry from the good times, which began, ironically, when the pandemic hit in early 2020.
    — Andy Hoffman, Fortune Europe, 8 Dec. 2023
  • In an age when health is wealth, hotel spas have, ironically, become old hat.
    — Jillian Dara, Robb Report, 25 May 2023
  • Tokyo, a spooky game that came out last March as, ironically, a console exclusive on PS5.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Employees, ironically, took to Twitter to say their goodbyes as the world watched on.
    — Quartz, 9 Nov. 2022
  • By mid-May—the day the VF8 reviews all went live, ironically—Vinfast decided to issue a recall to fix the problem.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 25 May 2023
  • But after years of trying to be other people, ironically the key to my fame was to just be myself.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Gone are the days of searching high and low for batteries—which, ironically, usually occurs in the dark.
    — Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Slater is playing Boq, a munchkin boy who, ironically, harbors a crush on Glinda.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 20 July 2023
  • The only way to follow along would be to pause the video at every step to write the instructions down—an ironically analogue way to utilize a TikTok recipe.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The dual-pane notification panel isn't here, nor is the (ironically very Windows 11-like) taskbar at the bottom of the screen.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Probably so, but ironically, the best way to pep yourself up is to get some exercise.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Its approach and departure angles are the shallowest of the group's, which ironically means the Forester may be the least able to tackle rough forest terrain.
    — Don Schroeder, Car and Driver, 29 May 2023
  • In fact, artistry would come in handy there, since most corporate websites ironically appear to have been built with the same Bootstrap template.
    — Mike Fitzmaurice, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The fashion world also found a way to embrace them, sometimes ironically.
    — Emilia Petrarca, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The second was a total breakdown, a play that ironically happened in part because the Colts pass rush kept coming after Cousins.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Warren’s last game with Brooklyn was ironically against Phoenix two days before the trade deadline.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The hackers then uploaded the film to YouTube, ironically returning it to its point of inception.
    — Katie Rife, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2023
  • But the only toys Gemma has around, ironically, are collectibles.
    — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2023

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