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”Oh, great, we missed the bus,” she said.
”Oh, great, we missed the bus,” she said.
”Meet my great-grandmother,” she said.
”Meet my great-grandmother,” she said.
”It’s great that you won the contest,” he said.
”It’s great that you won the contest,” he said.
”If you can pick me up Tuesday, that would be great,” he said.
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The sentence that contains an example of verbal irony is:
”Oh, great, we missed the bus,” she said.
In this sentence, the speaker is expressing sarcasm; missing the bus is not a great situation, so saying "Oh, great" is ironically conveying the opposite of their true feelings.
