monologue

variants also monolog
as in speech
a long discourse delivered by a single person His monologue on the failings of modern society continued long after everyone else had stopped listening.

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Recent Examples of monologue But those small moments of a day grow profound as Peter’s winding monologue wears on. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2025 Johnson's Trump proceeded to give a rambling monologue while the actors portraying the founding fathers, including Miranda, remained frozen behind him. Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025 And when Chalamet tried to reclaim his thunder by using his monologue as an opportunity to read out the speech he’s never had a chance to give on stage, he was usurped by Kenan Thompson. Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2025 The actor, whose more recent television projects include competing last year on Dancing With the Stars, had not been aware that Chappelle would talk about him in the monologue. Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for monologue 
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Noun
  • And there was attention paid during the speeches both to the improbable fact that an offshoot of the group, Dead & Company, is still out there playing, 60 years after the original group’s formation, even as Weir acknowledged absences at the dais.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Feb. 2025
  • How To Watch The speech will be broadcasted live at 5 p.m. CT on Nexstar television stations and their websites across Texas.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Explore the history and legacy of the Rosewood Massacre of 1923 through an insightful lecture and exhibit; 5:30-6:30 p.m., Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables.
    Angel Doval, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
  • What To Know According to details shared by Doubleday, the book opens in Prague, where Langdon plans to attend a lecture by noetic scientist Katherine Solomon.
    Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Secluded vows may be especially appealing to those who are shy or feel pressured by family or friends to come up with the perfect soliloquy.
    Alix Strauss, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
  • An exhibition at the Red Eight Gallery in London is immortalizing the greatest Shakespearean actors of our time through portraits that can blink, breathe and rattle off soliloquies.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The bakery went viral this week for selling cookies depicting Washington National Cathedral’s Bishop Mariann Budde, who pled with President Donald Trump to have mercy in her Jan. 21 sermon.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Budde’s sermon followed Trump’s quick Inauguration Day actions and reaction to them.
    Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Monologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monologue. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

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