Meanwhile, the sons sit around bantering with ironic detachment in a bedsit.

From a doorway on the edge of the picture plane, the diminutive artist looks on the scene with ironic detachment.

But they never lost a sense of ironic detachment towards her, even as they recognised her greatness.

But one would hope that when recollecting his emotions in freedom and safety, he might bring some ironic detachment to bear on his own bombast.

Her soothing voice can drip with ironic detachment.