It seemed a cruel irony that the only way to save the people now was to destroy the church.

There may be a cruel irony at work here.

His being out of step was a cruel irony.

By a cruel irony, she never knew a day of freedom.

This is hardly the only cruel irony of the barrier.

There is of course a cruel irony with regards to this research however.

But he was laughing, if only at the cruel irony.

Liberals and Democrats have also become the victims of a cruel irony.

He might have reflected on the cruel irony of it all.

It's a rather cruel irony when you haven't actually got a postcode to begin with.