Sentences with phrase «in ironic tones»

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Glover's memo contained the same ironic tone that has resulted in skyrocketing viewership on Funny Or Die's own website, its YouTube channel and a handful of productions for traditional TV networks, including HBO and TBS.

In truth, if he could speak to us today as clearly as he did to earlier generations, it would not be in the amiable tones of someone familiar to us but in a distant, almost prophetic voice, full of ironic moral reproacIn truth, if he could speak to us today as clearly as he did to earlier generations, it would not be in the amiable tones of someone familiar to us but in a distant, almost prophetic voice, full of ironic moral reproacin the amiable tones of someone familiar to us but in a distant, almost prophetic voice, full of ironic moral reproacin a distant, almost prophetic voice, full of ironic moral reproach.

Students veer into other disciplines, and our culture as a whole adopts an ironic tone, a defense mechanism we may regret but which is entirely understandable in an intellectual environment of unmasking and critique.

This coat is one of the nicest plaid coats I've ever owned, it's on sale too, and while being «blue» in winter is kind of ironic, this tone mix actually makes me quite happy.

An eight - part fantasy epic with a dead - serious tone — and the unusual goal in these facetious movie days of being iconic, not ironic — the Harry Potter films of course had the benefit of a bedrock constituency: the tens of millions of worldwide fans of J.K. Rowling's wizardly septology.

Although demonstrably dark in tone, there is enough to lighten the mood with often self - aware and intentionally ironic humour within that provides counterpoint to the tragi - heroic events in which Ray and Ken are caught up.

The filmmakers are aiming for a cynical and ironic tone akin to that found in Joseph Wambaugh stories about harassed and corrupt cops on the take.

One would have to assume ironic in tone, simply because the allusion is so overt.

Born in Tucson, Arizona, the artist has been a chronicler of his country's heterogenous identity through an equally complex visual and textual narrative, merging text and imagery under an ironic and humorous tone.

Rather, the disparate elements of his practice each offer an opportunity for Messina to articulate his recognizable tone and perspective, marked in equal measures by ironic wit, humour and earnest observation.

This post used a number of stylistic writing techniques to achieve an informal tone: a casual, long parenthetical aside in the middle of a sentence; the use of «we» for the blogger's voice; contractions; ironic asides; and a mix of grammatically correct sentences and an intentional sentence fragment for emphasis.