| 1. | Perhaps it was an impulse of unconscious loyalty, or the fulfillment of one of these ironic necessities that lurk in the facts of human existence. - from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad |
| 2. | Dolokhov banged down the lid of his desk and turned to Anatole with an ironic smil. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 3. | he answered gaily, raising nevertheless ironic smiles among the gentlemen of the Tsar's suite by his poor French. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 4. | "Always busy," replied Michael Ivanovich with a respectfully ironic smile which caused Princess Mary to turn pale. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 5. | Napoleon made ironic remarks during Fabvier's account, as if he had not expected that matters could go otherwise in his absence. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 6. | "He writes about this war," said the prince, with the ironic smile that had become habitual to him in speaking of the present war. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 7. | No, I shall not agree with you, and you do not really believe what you are saying." Prince Andrew looked silently at Pierre with an ironic smile. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 8. | While the soldiers were shouting Kutuzov leaned forward in his saddle and bowed his head, and his eye lit up with a mild and apparently ironic gleam. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |