How to pronounce ironic
Listen to ironic in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“ironic” in real sentences
943 clips in the index · 73 American · 236 British · 13 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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It's it's ironic. It's it's ironic and painful that the
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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Gary, this is very ironic.
The Atlantic · hear it here
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Uh which is quite ironic.
RNZ · hear it here
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And then, you know, you had this kind of ironic outcome, ironic in the sense that
CBC News · hear it here
Why real speech
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