Thesaurus results for SOLILOQUY

soliloquy

noun

as in speech

a long, usually serious spoken discourse that a character in a play delivers to an audience and that reveals the character's thoughts Hamlet's famous soliloquy

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Recent Examples of soliloquy He’s taken to reframing classics — a Hamlet with the ensemble onstage watching his soliloquies; a Glass Menagerie in which Laura Wingfield, often acted with a slight limp, was played by an actress who uses a wheelchair. —

Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2024 Paradoxically, given the co-lead casting of a music superstar, the majority of the numbers are Arthur’s soliloquies, indicating his complete detachment from the reality of a trial in which the prosecution is seeking the death penalty. —

David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024 That’s also the case at news conferences, in which Harbaugh’s stream-of-consciousness soliloquies and unusual word choices often make reporters glance at one another with amusement. —

Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024 Since one page roughly equals one minute of screen time, a three-page monologue basically means a three-minute speech — which can feel like an eternity for an actor on camera giving a solo soliloquy. —

James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for soliloquy

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Noun

And there was attention paid during the speeches both to the improbable fact that an offshoot of the group, Dead & Company, is still out there playing, 60 years after the original group’s formation, even as Weir acknowledged absences at the dais.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Feb. 2025
How To Watch The speech will be broadcasted live at 5 p.m. CT on Nexstar television stations and their websites across Texas.

— Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025