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Meanings of was an irony in English

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Usage of was an irony in English
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There was an irony in that siege on which her fancy fastened.
Love-at-Arms / Being a Narrative Excerpted from the Chronicles o...
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There was an irony in it that made him laugh hopelessly.
The Breaking Point
3
It was an irony-asif God were laughing at him.
Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life
4
That was an irony which Peter unfortunately could not appreciate.
Greenmantle
5
That was an irony and a contradiction in terms.
City of lies
6
If there was an irony to be had in those circumstances, Ralph couldn't taste it.
The Neutronium Alchemist
7
It was an irony too terrible to contemplate.
Blind Man's Alley
8
For Salander it was an irony of fate that she and her sister were so dramatically dissimilar.
The girl who played with fire
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It was an irony no one would have appreciated more than Frank "Tug" McGraw himself.
The Irish Times
10
It made him sound like a Native American, which for an immigrant spy was an irony, he supposed.
Agent 6
11
This was an irony that patriotic vitalists could not afford to admit, even if they let themselves notice it.
The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
12
Yet there was an irony.
Earth Abides
13
Now here was an irony.
The Silver Pigs
14
There was an irony here.
Reuters
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There was an irony to this book, which was that it was intensely feedback driven, because I have two wonderful collaborators.
The new yorker
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It was an irony that, given their roots at Old Trafford, it was a former Liverpool Academy player who provided the breakthrough.
The Guardian
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