IRONICAL in a Sentence

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268 example sentences for IRONICAL, such as:
1. The bed has an iron frame.
2. It's hard to bend an iron bar.
3. Strike the iron while it is hot.
4. The worker hammered the iron flat.
5. That is a summary and ironical end.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of IRONICAL
ironical
 a.  humorously sarcastic or mocking
 a.  characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The face was, as it were, dreaming, even though from time to time an ironical smile disturbed it.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III
2  The word Teutons instead of Germans, Pavel Petrovitch had used with ironical intention; none noticed it however.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  From childhood he was distinguished by remarkable beauty; moreover he was self-confident, somewhat ironical, and had a rather biting humour; he could not fail to please.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
4  "Yes: ideas of robbery, murder, and regicide," again interjected an ironical voice.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V
5  "We here in Moscow are more occupied with dinner parties and scandal than with politics," said he in his quiet ironical tone.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI
6  Prince Andrew was silent, but the princess noticed the ironical and contemptuous look that showed itself on his face.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXVIII
7  "In that case he is inviting his doom by awaiting our attack," said Langeron, with a subtly ironical smile, again glancing round for support to Miloradovich who was near him.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XII
8  Boris smiled circumspectly, so that it might be taken as ironical or appreciative according to the way the joke was received.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VII
9  It was evident that Prince Andrew's ironical tone toward the pilgrims and Princess Mary's helpless attempts to protect them were their customary long-established relations on the matter.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XIII
10  Prince Andrew for the second time asked the adjutant on duty to take in his name, but received an ironical look and was told that his turn would come in due course.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER IV
11  As soon as he came across a former acquaintance or anyone from the staff, he bristled up immediately and grew spiteful, ironical, and contemptuous.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER V
12  Exiled from its festival, the music turned ironical.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
13  He looked up at her with a faint ironical smile.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
14  The young gentleman smiled, as if to intimate that the latter fragments of discourse were playfully ironical; and finished the beer as he did so.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
15  He meant this to be ironical, but it was true besides; for the Dodger and Charley Bates had filed off down the first convenient court they came to.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
Example Sentence: (58 in 4 pages)
1  I am sure his rendering was the biggest and fullest side of that man - there is always a fine ironical appreciation of character.
2  That is a summary and ironical end.
3  It's hard to bend an iron bar.
4  He smashed the window with an iron bar.
5  The bed has an iron frame.
6  The iron was too hot and he scorched the shirt.
7  You can do more than strike while the iron is hot; you can make the iron hot by striking.
8  Strike the iron while it is hot.
9  The worker hammered the iron flat.
10  The yard had been enclosed with iron railings.
11  The school has iron gates between the yard and the road.
12  The cell contained an iron bedframe bolted to the floor.
13  Cast iron cannot compare with steel in strength.
14  We're still trying to iron out some problems with the computer system.
15  The iron's too hot, you'll singe the dress.