How to Use monologue in a Sentence

monologue

noun

• The play begins with the main character's monologue.
• I stifled a yawn as she launched into a monologue about how she is going to become a famous star.
• The comedian is famous for his monologue about winning the lottery.
• The actress and singer popped in at the end of the pair's opening monologue.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2022
• When the monologues ended, pictures of their sons flashed on the screen.
  — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023
• Will there be a dance number, a filmed sketch, a monologue?
  — Gary Levin, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
• Cameron Cairnes The monologue that opens the show was probably the hardest thing to craft in the writing.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2023
• Why did Lalo let Gus have a monologue and not just shoot him?
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 11 July 2022
• Sure, Baitz loves a Bible-spiked monologue on the shifting nature of good and evil.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
• The utopia promised by that monologue would seem to lack any reason for tension.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2023
• Chazelle is obsessed with jazz, so maybe that solo takes the place of a monologue.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 Dec. 2022
• To be clear: In his latest monologue, Mike Birbiglia is not the old man.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 13 Nov. 2022
• One of my favorite things was his monologue about urine on his shoelaces.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2022
• But the strike only ended two days ago, so what was the plan for the monologue before that news broke?
  — Vulture, 12 Nov. 2023
• Episode 2 Palm trees Mulaney did a deep dive on the picturesque trees that line L.A.’s streets, in a monologue .
  — Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
• It is buried by the sense of release that comes late in the movie — a stunning closing monologue that leaves much of the court in tears.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2023
• Kimmel didn't restrict his slap jokes just to the monologue.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2023
• Vogue reports that the play is a monologue with pictures and music.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 17 Jan. 2024
• But John had wanted to be wronged back, to be asked to explain himself in a long monologue.
  — Camille Bordas, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
• Lawther and Icke were going over the Prince’s most famous monologue, about suicide, which falls in the middle of the play.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
• Christian first has a short monologue, which does the job of getting people away from their phones and tuned back in.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2022
• The comedian made a joke about Swift, 34, and the NFL during his monologue.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
• Bening can do more with a laugh than most actors do with whole monologues.
  — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• The monologue, first staged in 1930, consists of one side of a phone call between a nameless heroine and her ex.
  — Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
• There were parts of the books that just wouldn't work in a movie, like the inner monologue, which was at times incredibly cheesy.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 28 June 2022
• There were parts of the books that just wouldn’t work in a movie, like the inner monologue, which was at times incredibly cheesy.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 28 June 2022
• Bravo to Jack Lowdon’s silent monologue — the performance of the year.
  — Armond White, National Review, 6 Jan. 2023
• Her screenplay gives each of the main characters a monologue.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2022
• The first half of Short’s monologue continued in that fashion with old fashioned set-up, punchline jokes.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 22 Dec. 2024
• Next taking the main stage at Studio 8H, Short’s monologue highlighted all of the actor/comedian’s many skills.
  — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 22 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Jan 2025