How to pronounce irony
Listen to irony 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.
“irony” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 79 American · 298 British · 11 Australian · 5 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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>> So the irony, Yeah. well this is an irony and in
The Atlantic · hear it here
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The irony—the absolute irony—of Labour lodging this motion on public trust.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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to uh I mean the irony from what Nicky was talking about, the irony
British Library · hear it here
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i want to talk about an irony i hear here's a sad irony i
NTSB · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of irony. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.