Which sentence contains an example of verbal irony?
”Meet my great-grandmother,” she said.
”If you can pick me up Tuesday, that would be great,” he said.
”It’s great that you won the contest,” he said.
”Oh, great, we missed the bus,” she said.
The sentence that contains an example of verbal irony is: "Oh, great, we missed the bus," she said.
To identify verbal irony, we need to look for a statement that expresses something different from what is actually meant. In this case, the speaker says "Oh, great" while expressing frustration about missing the bus. It is clear that the statement is not meant to convey genuine enthusiasm or positivity, making it an example of verbal irony.