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 Gibson spends most of the premiere in a ridiculous wig of surfer curls; by the end, he’s got Hall’s haircut, and his inner monologue sounds suspiciously like his predecessor. Alison Herman, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024 Elizabeth Yost, associate professor of sociology at Washington College, shared her take on Edwards' viral monologue. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024 Watch on Deadline The Daily Show host ended his monologue with a short bit on the manhunt for the suspect in the shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson – which ended in a McDonald’s – and a longer look at incoming president Donald Trump’s victory lap around Europe. Tom Tapp, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024 Ironically, the play does come with a preachy streak, playing to its crowd with pat-yourself-on-the-back monologues, moralizing with a pause for applause. Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for monologue 
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Noun
  • After the floodgates opened (and permission was probably given to post), Aric Jones posted a carousel including a photo of Kelce giving a speech.
    Bryan West, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Just hours before kick-off against Shamrock Rovers, Chelsea posted a video on social media of Maresca giving a speech inside the senior dressing room at Cobham.
    Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Central Florida Stamp Club: Meetings include auctions and informative lectures.
    Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
  • This shift is a clear challenge to the dominance of traditional lectures and standardized assessments.
    Martin Gutmann, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • For Stone, who plays the role of company visionary and is prone to Deadhead style soliloquies, the surroundings have deeper meaning too.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Jan. 2010
Noun
  • Next to the altar where Isaac delivers sermons is an unusual Nativity scene: For the second Christmas in a row, the baby Jesus is wrapped in a keffiyeh, the traditional Palestinian scarf, and nestled on a pile of rubble.
    Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Dylan rejects Seeger’s sermon, takes the stage, and blasts the old folk establishment with his electric Stratocaster.
    Nina Silber / Made by History, TIME, 25 Dec. 2024

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