| 1 | Perhaps more than an ambiguity, it was an irony of history. | |
| 2 | It was an ironic gesture: I'm always under the weather, he wanted to say. | |
| 3 | Mr Earp added: 'What's interesting is the ironic effect of the negative image. | |
| 4 | 'My hunch is that having all this "don't do this" information out there may have ironic consequences.' | |
| 5 | The word dyscalculia means "counting badly" which is ironic since those who suffer from it need to count often. |