And it is the central irony of our present estate that even the attempt, let alone the successful attempt, has forever removed us from being able to read simply.

The central irony that more travel reduces the allure of a place predates late-20th century concerns about habitat loss and cultural interference, of course.

Neither Woodward nor Martin quite addresses the central irony of the Greenspan era.

But the central irony about him is that it was not only the Norwegian people that rejected him: even the majority of Norwegian fascists didn't want him.

The central irony of the series' title was that the two friends had names which actually better suited the other:

That they seem so far apart today is perhaps the cruel, central irony of Mr. Dinkins's administration.

Thus "Scrivner distills a reductive and absurdest scenario and exposes the self-defeating central ironies of over-regulated commissioning processes."

Here is the central irony of the play: Henry's Christian goodness produces evil.

It is one of the central ironies of my career that as soon as I got off heroin, things started getting really bad.