cruel irony
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcruelandirony
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cruel
adjective
uk/ˈkruː.əl/us/ˈkruː.əl/
extremely unkind and unpleasant and causing pain to people or ...
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irony
noun[U]
uk/ˈaɪ.rə.ni/us/ˈaɪ.rə.ni/
a situation in which something which was intended to have a particular result has the opposite or a very ...
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(Definition ofcruelandironyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is a furthercruelironyin all this.
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However, there is acruelironywhich presents itself to our minds as we contemplate paragraph (1).
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I believe it to be acruelironythat such work is currently excluded from development because of legislation.
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It is acruelironythat, in some years, hospices are often saved from closure by the deaths of former patients and/or their relatives.
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I know of no morecruelironythan the sight which presented itself to us in this country during the pre-war years.
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That is indeed acruelirony.
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However, here is acruelirony.
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It is acruelironyif people who have saved over the years find themselves taxed at a penal rate on their capital.
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It is a desperatelycruelironythat we should be having to debate this issue tonight.
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Thecruelironyis that the children in my area need the investment far more that those who are already privileged.
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Thecruelironyof the health inequality figures is that my constituents in the north-west literally have less time to live than people in other parts of the country.
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That is acruelirony.
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No one has contributed more than those people to the economic strength of these islands, and yet, bycruelirony, no one has suffered greater hardship due to economic difficulties.
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For it is thecruelironyof life that we are destined to hold the dark with the light, the good with the evil, success with disappointment.
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