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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
Some short dramas hit the viewer with a bold opening monologue from the first episode, the kind that couldn’t air on television.
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Lavender Au,
The Dial,
30 June 2026
Tired monologue jokes about JD Vance and Bad Bunny drew relatively low-energy reactions.
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Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 June 2026
The goofy sketch comedies and homemade spoofs that once filled his channel gradually disappeared, replaced by melancholy short films and bleak monologues.
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Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
The subject prompts a monologue from him about managerial flexibility, featuring Pep Guardiola, Ruben Amorim and Michael Carrick.
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Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for monologue
Lavender Au,
The Dial,
30 June 2026
Tired monologue jokes about JD Vance and Bad Bunny drew relatively low-energy reactions.
—
Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 June 2026
The goofy sketch comedies and homemade spoofs that once filled his channel gradually disappeared, replaced by melancholy short films and bleak monologues.
—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
The subject prompts a monologue from him about managerial flexibility, featuring Pep Guardiola, Ruben Amorim and Michael Carrick.
—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monologue
Noun
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In a June 30 speech on the floor of the House of Representatives, the Republican lawmaker said he was hospitalized several months ago and diagnosed with depression.
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Steinbaugh argued the email was protected speech under the First Amendment and does not represent a legitimate threat.
Noun
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In January 2025, a federal judge ruled that portion of the ordinance overburdens free speech rights by prohibiting anyone from providing any lecture in any San Diego public park or beach.
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And now today, Indiana head coach Stephanie White opens up her presser with a lecture on how America is racist and homophobic.
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If sharing is so great at bringing people together why, when accosted with an unceasing soliloquy of self-disclosure, do so many feel the urge to flee?
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Andrew Scott did the same during a 2024 production of Hamlet, when an attendee had taken out their laptop to send emails during the character’s famous soliloquy.
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If a street preacher shouts their sermon into a bullhorn on a public street, and a nearby business owner calls the police, who is in the right?
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The Cupichs attended a parish where mass was celebrated in Latin (the liturgical changes of the Second Vatican Council were yet to come) but the sermons were spoken in Croatian.
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“Monologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monologue. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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