It was a cosmic irony to him.

That is how he described it: a cosmic irony.

By a cosmic irony, in giving the impetus which would one day bring intelligence to this world, the Swarm had exhausted itself.

A common example of cosmic irony could be that a child wants some kind of pudding, and misbehaves to try to get it.

"It was one of those moments of truth, of cosmic irony," she said.

Is that just some great cosmic irony?

History is being cut and pasted, and in an act of cosmic irony or bad humor, he's the only one who can see the edits.

There was a truly cosmic irony in their plight.

Attempts at cosmic irony so often seem merely fey or pretentious.

There was some kind of cosmic irony at work here, I thought; expose your true face and then tell a lie.