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ironies
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ioniser
ironise
noisier
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ironies in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ironies in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of ironies in a Sentence
Her great ambition in life was to get married, give birth to a child and have a family, more than anything else, that’s what she wanted. And the terrible, cruelest of ironies is that her wishes came true only for her to give birth to the person who would be her killer. Just incredible.
One of the ironies today is that people are saying it is President Trump who is shredding our institutions. I really see no evidence of that, from my perspective, the idea of' resisting' a democratically elected President and basically throwing everything at him, and really changing the norms on the grounds that we have to stop this President. That's where the shredding of our norms and institutions is occurring.
It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work -- the night watchman.
He was a serial murderer, and each mention of his name is a trigger to the families he devastated, reopening wounds that we can only hope had finally started to heal, in the truest of ironies, Bulger's family has experienced the excruciating pain and trauma their relative inflicted on far too many, and the justice system is now coming to their aid.
Sometimes the laughter in mothering is the recognition of the ironies and absurdities. Sometime, though, it's just pure, unthinking delight.
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