the Titanic was advertised as being "unsinkable"
Situational irony
In the Harry Potter series, Harry is expected to kill his longtime enemy, Voldemort—only to find out that in the end, Harry must actually let Voldemort kill him voluntarily.
Situational Irony
A man who needs medical assistance is run over by the ambulance sent to help him.
Situaional Irony
A post on Facebook complains about how useless Facebook is.
Situational Irony
two friends come to the party in the same dress after promising not to wear that dress
Situational Irony
We see that the murderer is hiding in the bushes, but the two friends continue to walk closer without knowing.
Dramatic Irony
A weatherman saying “It’s not like I know about when it’s going to rain next.”
Verbal Irony
Its raining outside and Sally says, "Wow, what a beautiful day."
Verbal Irony
a professional stunt driver crashes into a tree on her way home from receiving a “best driver” award
Situational irony
In Mulan, the audience knows that Mulan is, in fact, a woman posing as a man but the rest of the Chinese Army does not know this.
Dramatic Irony
A child runs away from someone throwing a water balloon at him and falls into the pool.
Situational Irony
After a bad accident a boy’s friends tells him “your car has never looked better!”
Verbal Irony
Sam loses the competition and says, "I'm so lucky!"
Verbal Irony
"Oh, no! How sad!" said Sam after learning that detention was canceled this afternoon.
Verbal Irony
a fire station burns down
irony
A famous singer sings her own song at a karaoke bar but is booed.
Situational Irony
When Sally's dad sees her playing her Xbox instead of studying he says, "I bet you're going to do great on that on Friday."
Verbal Irony