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 In fact, the leg-revealing piece has become such an iconic staple of his wardrobe, that Mescal’s love for showing a little knee even got a special shout-out during his opening host monologue on Saturday Night Live last night, which featured Shaboozey as the musical guest. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 8 Dec. 2024 The monologue writers, like David Lloyd, who later wrote for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Cheers and Frasier, merely had to deliver a monologue to Carson every day by three o’clock. Mike Sacks, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024 At audition, Depp performed that same monologue, and Eggers gave her the role that same day. Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024 Brian sums up the situation by repeating his same slightly insufferable, slightly funny monologue about how he got involved, but the most effective explanation comes from Alice, who genuinely forgave Louis. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for monologue 
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Noun
  • The management changes were announced as part of the company’s twentieth anniversary celebrations which also featured a speech from Alibaba and Ant Group founder Jack Ma.
    Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
  • For the next 10 minutes, Valvano delivered a speech that still resonates today, mixing humor, motivational anecdotes and inspiring people to cherish their lives.
    Tim Casey, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Central Florida Stamp Club: Meetings include auctions and informative lectures.
    Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame puts an exclamation point on celebrating 50 years of hip-hop with a special lecture Thursday.
    Troy Smith, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • Goldberg: The final soliloquy of the play—no spoilers here—is augmented by AI.
    Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The mosque, one of the world's oldest dating back some 1,200 years, is a beloved symbol of Syria, and sermons there -- like all mosque sermons across Syria -- were tightly controlled under Assad's rule.
    ALBERT AJI AND MATTHEW LEE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The mosque, one of the world’s oldest dating back some 1,200 years, is a beloved symbol of Syria, and sermons there like all mosque sermons across Syria had been tightly controlled under Assad’s rule.
    Albert Aji and Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024

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“Monologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monologue. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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