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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Bravo to Jack Lowdon’s silent monologue — the performance of the year.
    Armond White, National Review, 6 Jan. 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
  • The opening monologue built to a first meeting between Adele and Dwayne Johnson.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Which was no surprise after your SNL monologue, which was elite.
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024
  • Jane has so many of those long look into the camera while the narrator goes on a monologue moments.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 June 2024
  • Noah’s monologue was not something that anyone would claim killed.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
  • For her opening monologue, Grande wore a satin Mugler tulip dress from the label’s fall 1982 collection.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Michael Keaton had some spooky characters join him during his Saturday Night Live monologue!
    Nicholas Rice, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024

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