"irony" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

irony sustantivo

irony + verbo
Kolokacji: 5
irony strikes • irony escapes • irony lies • Irony abounds • irony makes
verbo + irony
Kolokacji: 5
irony is lost • use irony • find irony • detect irony • lack irony
adjetivo + irony
Kolokacji: 58
bitter irony • great irony • certain irony • cruel irony • heavy irony • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 16
(5) ultimate, final
Kolokacji: 2
(7) sad, tragic, bittersweet
Kolokacji: 3
(9) gentle, mild, far
Kolokacji: 3
(10) historical, real
Kolokacji: 2
(11) apparent, obvious
Kolokacji: 2
(13) strange, curious
Kolokacji: 2
1. considerable irony = znacząca ironia considerable irony
2. deep irony = głęboka ironia deep irony
3. cosmic irony = kosmiczna ironia cosmic irony
4. rich irony = bogata ironia rich irony
5. interesting irony = interesująca ironia interesting irony
  • The two main cigarette brands are Colonial and Independence, an interesting irony in a country which received its independence from Great Britain in 1981.
  • In an interesting irony, Mark Foley, the man Mahoney replaced had been a Democrat who turned Republican shortly before his own initial election to Congress.
  • Nevertheless," T'Lera pursued her thought relentlessly, "one might perceive an interesting irony in the use of the term in a sport not noted for its "love" of anything, except perhaps aggressiveness.
  • Degas, mindful of this, presents an interesting irony - while the young woman waits to make her entrance the older woman waits for her to leave.
  • That's an interesting irony, and Ms. Pearson may well be touching upon it when she has Gaby note at one discouraged juncture, "I think I'm living in a 'Saturday Night Live' skit."
  • My radar was up; tired as I was, I knew an interesting irony when it hit me in the face.
  • The interesting irony in his position is that he would have been one of the beneficiaries had it succeeded.
  • In another interesting irony, one of his Roman Catholic masses was performed in 1620, just before his execution, in a Catholic church in Prague, to great ceremony.
  • There are some interesting ironies here.
  • "It's an interesting irony," Rabbi Berger said at the Havdalah ceremony.
preposición + irony
Kolokacji: 9
of irony • with irony • without irony • in irony • for irony • ...

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