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Recent Examples of soliloquize
Not just when Juicy soliloquizes across the proscenium or Tedra casts us some side-eye.
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
Not everyone can soliloquize like Gaga.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Sep. 2022
Written by Vaiva Grainytė, scored by Lina Lapelytė and directed by Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, the opera, which won the top prize at the 2019 Venice Biennale, unfolds over five hours as various performers soliloquize about the adversities of climate change.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2021
After all, no dentist is asked to soliloquize about how a tooth extraction reflects life choices.
—Zoe Hewitt, Variety, 24 Jan. 2022
One of which, thankfully, will involve Ahmed mournfully soliloquizing.
—Rebecca Keegan, vanityfair.com, 17 Oct. 2017
Jesse Green, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
Not everyone can soliloquize like Gaga.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Sep. 2022
Written by Vaiva Grainytė, scored by Lina Lapelytė and directed by Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, the opera, which won the top prize at the 2019 Venice Biennale, unfolds over five hours as various performers soliloquize about the adversities of climate change.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2021
After all, no dentist is asked to soliloquize about how a tooth extraction reflects life choices.
—Zoe Hewitt, Variety, 24 Jan. 2022
One of which, thankfully, will involve Ahmed mournfully soliloquizing.
—Rebecca Keegan, vanityfair.com, 17 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soliloquize
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Witnesses speak at Wednesday's hearing Wednesday's hearing was about whether Syed should be resentenced, something allowed by a 2021 state law that permits people convicted of crimes as juveniles to have their sentences reviewed.—
Chloe Atkins,
NBC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Bill Burr recently spoke to The New York Times and shrugged off Ben Shapiro‘s criticism of him.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2025
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Each night, Imams may recite one thirtieth of the Quran in a special nightly prayer so that the entire holy book will be read by the end of the month, according to the Islamic Network Group.—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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During Taraweeh, the prayer leader recites one 30th of the Qur'an each night, ensuring the entire Qur'an is recited by the end of Ramadan.—
Amanda Castro,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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Keeping performers’ voices in good condition for that long haul is the province of a tribe of vocal coaches in Hollywood and everywhere else people sing or declaim for their supper.—
Jonathan Margolis,
airmail.news,
21 Dec. 2024
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The Koreans have a lesson to share with those whose intellectuals, driven by identity and the metaphysics of difference, declaim ownership of the Enlightenment and its legacy.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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There was no debate on education, for instance, the subject on which Cash had been most keen to expatiate; indeed, there were no debates at all.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
25 July 2024
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Ostensibly, further studies are encouraged to expatiate this understanding.—
Amber Smith,
Discover Magazine,
7 Jan. 2024
Verb
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The sermonizing lands hardest near the beginning and end of Life of Pi, where director Max Webster lets things get a little slack and starry-eyed.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2023
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Raised in the segregated south, he was steeped in the tradition of Confederate preachers who sermonized to their flocks in the CSA on the holiness of white supremacy and characterized the Christian god as inherently racist.—
Jared Yates Sexton,
The New Republic,
25 Mar. 2020
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After premiering at the Cannes Film Festival in May and taking home the coveted Jury Prize and a joint Best Actress prize for its female ensemble (the three aforementioned performers plus Adriana Paz), discourse around Emilia Pérez lit up like a New Year’s Eve fireworks display.—
Lucy Ford,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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But as posting about kids has grown into a legitimate industry online, so has discourse about the ethics of turning children into their families’ breadwinners.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
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His distinctive monotone, used to harangue and belittle those who challenge him, lifted into song.—
Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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Without him, UConn is 4-3, nearly every game down to the wire, as teams are able to harangue leading scorer Alex Karaban, who was 1-for-14 against DePaul, making his mark with eight assists and six rebounds, playing all 40 minutes.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
30 Jan. 2025
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For Vance to lecture the Germans on how to govern themselves—the Germans, who rose from the traumas of Nazism to build a vibrant and enduring democracy—was inappropriate and bizarre.—
Dexter Filkins,
The New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2025
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Every purchase is scrutinized — last week, I was lectured for buying a name-brand cereal.—
Anna Pulley,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Soliloquize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soliloquize. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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