How to Use ironically in a Sentence

ironically

adverb

• And, ironically, most of these healthy desserts just aren’t all that healthy.
  — Zan Romanoff, Bon Appetit, 23 Apr. 2018
• Which is to say, that this cocktail was named ironically.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 16 May 2026
• And then ironically, in some regard, not much changes.
  — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
• Now the guy is gone, and ironically, the company has not missed him at all.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2023
• In the process, the crown ironically passed to a rival from south of the border.
  — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 14 June 2023
• One friend points to the problem by sending me a link to, ironically, a tweet.
  — WIRED, 5 Dec. 2022
• Yeah, and that was the day that my life was going to change, ironically enough — that’s a line in the song.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 26 June 2026
• And ironically, horror films have played best when the world is in some kind of turmoil.
  — Vulture, 20 Jan. 2023
• But ironically, the one person who didn’t want to go to the strip club was Adam.
  — Anna Tingley, Variety, 12 May 2023
• Josh Gasser, who ironically was in my office last night, did that.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2023
• To many Texans the source of the haze was, ironically, clear.
  — Scott W. Stern, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2026
• The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead in the fifth, ironically with no hits.
  — Steve Futterman, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
• Michael may be too late — ironically, Francesca is engaged to his cousin.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 16 Mar. 2022
• Trump, ironically, is a wild card that could change the price direction.
  — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
• The key to staying warm is, ironically, not getting too warm.
  — Outside Online, 19 Oct. 2020
• But, ironically, the seafood dishes always seem to steal the show.
  — Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
• Few will succeed at home — and that, ironically, is the genius.
  — Lela London, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
• And ironically, the most arrogant ones are the worst ones.
  — Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
• But the guys that love the game, ironically, are the ones that get the money and the accolades.
  — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
• What saved him, ironically, was his sister.
  — Dana Oneil, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
• One of the best ways to pay it off, ironically enough, is with another credit card.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 1 June 2026
• But what pulled her out of a months-long creative slump was, ironically, the apocalypse.
  — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2022
• The reform measure could not be more ironically timed.
  — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
• Bipolar stories are ironically the perfect medicine for the world right now.
  — Josh Penn Soskin, Variety, 16 July 2026
• Not that ironically, the former was Asian and the latter white.
  — Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2022
• Cuban, ironically, is one billionaire who gets the spirit of the left.
  — Hanna Trudo, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
• Jack picked up this risk taking from Geneviève, ironically, and then is taking risks that work against her.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
• That’s why, ironically, when gas prices are high, most gas stations struggle to make money.
  — David Goldman, CNN Money, 31 May 2026
• The 76ers have not been a great home team, and ironically enough, have been a terrific road team.
  — Tony Jones, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
• The office was somewhat stark and, ironically, there aren’t many Birds around.
  — Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 5 June 2018