It's a dark subtle irony for an era of decline.

There was no laughter at the edge of his mouth, no dark irony in his eyes.

Still, dark irony is not a big seller with voters, and when translated into "Mean Bob Dole" it can be deadly.

She uses steely systems of dark irony as though she invented them.

The series was marked by a sense of dark irony, its haunting title music, and the intermingling of horror with the commonplace.

There's a dark irony, of course, that Saviano lives no less a captive's existence than any convicted camorrista.

There was some dark irony in Ms. Vola being the victim of a sweeping tragedy.

A dark irony, and pity, sparked in their depths.

There was a dark irony, he thought, that every time Nightingale touched down on this world, people died.

However, he had to admit there was a certain dark irony to the situation.