Which sentences in this excerpt from mark twain’s “the danger of lying in bed” are examples of verbal irony? answers:   a. that is 3,120 deaths a year in san francisco, and eight times as many in new york—say about 25,000 or 26,000.b.  so we will let it stand as a fair presumption that this will hold good all over the country, and that consequently 25,000 out of every million of people we have must die every year.  c. the erie railroad kills 23 to 46; the other 845 railroads kill an average of one-third of a man each; and the rest of that million, amounting in the aggregate to that appalling figure of 987,631 corpses, die naturally in their beds! d. the railroads are good enough for me.  e.  don't stay at home any more than you can ; but when you have got to stay at home a while, buy a package of those insurance tickets and sit up nights.