The Councilor's tone was bitterly ironic as he replied.

The jest, such as it was, was bitterly ironic, but that didn't deprive it of its point.

"They have in Africa," Dobrescu said with a bitterly ironic chuckle.

Spock shook his head, exhausted and bitterly ironic.

It is bitterly ironic that many of the climate alarmists, who call for dramatic reductions in carbon emissions, also oppose nuclear power.

Are those blazing fanfares and repeated high notes on the violins meant to be taken at face value, or are they bitterly ironic?

A bitterly ironic thought made him chortle.

Some bitterly ironic twist, some startling bubonic-plague explanation, lies behind the disappearance of Room 16.

Interpreters differ on whether the bombastic moments of this work are meant to be bitterly ironic.

If so, that would be a bitterly ironic effect for a bill intended to help pornography victims.