Sentences with phrase «called irony»

No small trick when you consider that internet access has been cut off in Egypt and government sites containing the Egyptian sources of law do not seem to be functioning; I think that is called irony.

Another reliable form of humor, which might be called irony's cousin, is incongruity, the pairing of two generally accepted incompatibles; one of my favorite examples of this comes (again) from the Freddy books: it's found in the character of Leo the Lion, who has a penchant for getting permanent waves to keep his mane looking spiffy («And I ought to have another permanent; there isn't hardly a crinkle left in the darn thing»).

Krish... look it up in the dictionary, it's called irony.

Call it an irony.

Okay, some people call it irony, but ignoring your bills is really no laughing matter.

Call it a irony, Wii Mini is one of the most unsuccessful consoles ever.

You could almost call it irony.

Call it irony, or ambiguity, or metaphor, or «spirit» (as in that which doesn't «kill» but «giveth life»), it's simply a core element of civilization for me, one that connects language to life and makes both possible, or at least, more bearable.

Not exact matches

There is no doubt some irony in the son of a near - billionaire entrepreneur calling out someone else for living in his father's shadow.

«The irony is, since many of their clients frantically call about news events, advisors still have to grapple with some things they should be able to ignore.»

In effect, by buying back shares to offset dilution, the irony is that the company was paying for the very shares that they were giving themselves, despite their unwillingness to call it an expense.

The IRONY of history, In fact, is that for the first 200 years of what is called «Christianity,» people who wanted to follow Christ CONVERTED to JUDAISM.

Let's begin by meditating upon what might be called the first of the secular ironies now evident: Humanae Vitae's specific predictions about what the world would look like if artificial contraception became widespread.

Among the many ironies of American history is that the return of the fundamentalists, now called evangelicals, met up with now culturally confident Catholics to form the base constituency of politically potent conservatism.

The humor of Jesus is probably closer to what we would call wit, satire, and irony.

The irony in McCabe's life is that the revolution in religious thought that he called for came to fruition, but not as a result of his efforts.

To «Lutheran irony» I would thus like to add «Lutheran composure,» not a blissful ignorance or a «passive righteousness» (as Luther himself called it), but a healthy faith in the long «term virtue of being, well, spectacularly normal.

oh the IRONY — the words «In God We Trust» on the back of ever y $ bill is printed right next to what the bible expressly calls an abomination.

The irony is that there will be no renewal of family life until authentic alternatives to family exist for persons who are not called to that very special and demanding relationship.

Love the irony here: [excerpt] When he finally gave his family permission to call paramedics, about eight hours after being bitten... [/ excerpt]

The irony is — in the garden of gethsemane, when the guards came to take Jesus, Peter grabbed a sword / knife, and cut off the ear of the high priests» servant, Malchus, Jesus rebuked Peter, and upon healing Malchus» ear, tells Peter — don't you realize that I could call 12 legions of angels to deliver?

His whole emphasis on irony and contingency is meant to protect us against what he calls «the dangers of over-philosophication,» the temptation to think of philosophy as providing anything more than a kind of therapeutic stance.

The irony is Romney is a Mormon but is afraid to call a Mormon Cleric to open or close the convention.

And that is the greatest irony: for the spirit of criticism that among so many academics has fossilized into a pose has its origins nowhere but among the Greeks, who were the first to question critically everything from the gods to political power to their very selves, the first to live what Socrates called «the examined life.»

In a special irony, modernist architects were commissioned to build churches (some of which were deemed unusable by their intended occupants), and to disfigure older churches through so - called «renovation».

We would not today found an interchurch organization of Protestant and Orthodox churches and call it the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America — at least, not without a certain sense of irony.

In A Case for Irony, the text of his Tanner Lectures on Human Values, delivered in 2009 at Harvard University, the philosopher Jonathan Lear argues that irony can also provide what Kierkegaard calls an «existential determination» essential to a good human Irony, the text of his Tanner Lectures on Human Values, delivered in 2009 at Harvard University, the philosopher Jonathan Lear argues that irony can also provide what Kierkegaard calls an «existential determination» essential to a good human irony can also provide what Kierkegaard calls an «existential determination» essential to a good human life.

It doesn't scream out irony to you that they would kill these so called sacred birds to perform a ceremony to celebrate them?

the irony is that Wilberforce & MLK both transformed their cultural norms because of their uncompromising belief that God called out those mistaken societal norms.

the saddest part of all this inane aruing is that all you have to do to stop the fighting killing name - calling suffering torturing bickering and finger - pointing world - wide is to simply... remove god... whatever you believe just for a minute think «if there was no religion how much of this would have never happened how much nicer would this world be» then realize the irony that for the world to become the loving peaceful place your holy books perpetrate (but never practice) to be.

It would be a raw irony if the Sermon on the Mount were to end with a call to realise God's perfection through our human effort.

That is why for you to call him a «moron» is irony at it's finest.

You believe that if something can not be touched, seen, heard, or measured in some way, then it must not exist, yet you fail to see the irony of your calling Christians «narrow - minded».

Ahhh the irony Here's scot again, doesn't have anything of value to say, so start with the name calling... and he has the nerve to tell someone else to grow up.

There was irony in the fact that Richard's wake and funeral Mass took place in what the Catholic Church's liturgical calendar now calls «Ordinary Time»» a phrase Richard detested.

The thing that makes me laugh is the fact that, some Arsenal fans will call Chelsea's and Man United and City Fan's plastic or refer to them as «rent boys», because they celebrate success that in all honesty have just been bought, but the irony in that sentiment is those very same people will moan about how «we don't spend enough» and grow impatient over Arsenal spending policies....

The greater irony here is you jumping in to defend a poorly written rant loosely disguised as a so - called skeptical blog post against actual articles published in actual scientific journals, however questionable they might be.

15:03 - Jay asks if Michel can see the irony in calling Hunt «so painfully rigid and careful» over bid.

In a high season of high cynics, even IBB saw no irony in his so - called letter to PMB.

Gordon Brown prides himself on his appetite for political books.He may not appreciate the irony that just when he is going through a period ofwhat Macmillan called «little local difficulties», threepersonalities from the Blair era have published their memoirs in the finesttradition of «kiss and tell» - Cherie Blair, John Prescott and Lord Levy.

Cook called it «a dichotomy» and «an irony» that the Republicans opposed the Jackson bill with its job - creation guarantees, while they favored the much - more - expensive jobs bill that did not carry any such guarantees of increased employment.

-LSB-...] phone calls that they've hired armed security during their offices (an irony not mislaid on other internal publications) and they perceived an envelope filled with questionable white powder progressing this week, yet -LSB-...]

We'll ignore the ironies that Nixon is modern politics» greatest dirty trickster, that Stone worked for Nixon, and that the fulcrum of Frost / Nixon is a (fictional) bizarre late - night phone call.

Asked about the irony of a party called the Reform Party funding its spending through an anonymous donation, Garvey emphasized via email that the donation «is not anonymous.»

ALBANY — Branding himself the most successful governor in modern times, Gov. Cuomo on Tuesday defended his focus on New York City issues while calling new federal involvement in the city's public housing «the greatest embarrassment and the greatest irony.»

Later in 2017, CNN would run a bizarre advert stating «this is an apple» and the leftist Washington Post would call for an end to the use of the term, appearing to miss the irony.

Is it me, or is there now any irony to see Fiona Mactaggart criticise the Prime Minister for calling Dennis Skinner a dinosaur, and then trying to imply that the perceived rudeness is down to being schooled at Eton, thereby trying to make class the line of attack?

The irony is thick because techniques used to insert genes from one organism into another were developed in European university labs more than 30 years ago, and the first stabs at commercial cultivation of so - called «transgenic» crops occurred in Europe's fields.

In fact, the irony is that many people who adhere rigidly to the idea of «clean» eating will simply give in after a short period of time and go on absolute binge - a-thons (colloquially called «cheat» days).

My best friend actually called me out on the irony of it, lol!