Which sentence contains an example of verbal

irony? (1 point)
”Meet my great-grandmother,” she said.
”It’s great that you won the contest,” he said.
”Oh, great, we missed the bus,” she said.
”If you can pick me up Tuesday, that would be
great,” he said.

1 answer

The sentence that contains an example of verbal irony is: ”Oh, great, we missed the bus,” she said.

In this case, the speaker is using "great" sarcastically to express dissatisfaction about missing the bus, rather than genuinely meaning that it is a positive situation.

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