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.
• Sure, Baitz loves a Bible-spiked monologue on the shifting nature of good and evil.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
• If auditioning for a role other than chorus, prepare a one-to-two-minute song and one-to-two-minute monologue.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2023
• In his opening monologue, host Jerrod Carmichael addressed any elephants in the room head-on.
  — Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2023
• Bravo to Jack Lowdon’s silent monologue — the performance of the year.
  — Armond White, National Review, 6 Jan. 2023
• Maybe that’s why Carmichael’s opening monologue, while pointedly awkward in certain ways, was laser-focused.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2023
• The monologue was more scattershot and less finely crafted than last year’s and the sketches were less uniformly great, but there was still some strong material.
  — Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
• Each new monologue arroused suspicion about not just the murderer’s identity, but who was and wasn’t actually an actor.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2022
• Before Parton's touching monologue, the stars of the show all gathered around the table to express their regrets that Phil would not be returning to Kat's bakery.
  — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2023
• 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
• The utopia promised by that monologue would seem to lack any reason for tension.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2023
• 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
• 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
• Actually, to be fair to Swift, viewers thought that Koy’s monologue was off-putting from the star.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
• Read full article Kelce danced out onto the SNL stage to start his monologue.
  — Aleysha Haniff, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2023
• During the opening monologue, Bridges sang a duet with Cookie.
  — Sopan Deb, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• Rudd, thrilled by the theme of Wiig’s monologue, couldn’t contain himself.
  — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2024
• Carmichael’s opening monologue was his strongest showing of the night.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 11 Jan. 2023
• Students learn to distinguish long form from short form improv and create their very own monologues, scenes and performances with the skills developed in class.
  — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2024
• Von peppers him with follow-ups, furtively nodding along to the ex-President’s breathless monologues.
  — Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Oct 2024