Edit this page Talk0. The Greek alphabet is used extensively in mathematics and the physical sciences to stand for well known constants, variables, functions, and so forth.
The question calls for examples of irony. This answer provides many examples of irony (each bulleted item is an example of irony), and explains the different ways in which they are ironic. The most common form of irony is when the spoken words do not convey the underlying meaning.
Sample Sentences & Example Usage. 1  George Bernard Shaw: I can't forgive my friends for dying I don't find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing. 2  Logan Pearsall Smith: I cannot forgive my friends for dying I do not find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing.