interior monologue

noun

: a usually extended representation in monologue of a fictional character's thought and feeling

Examples of interior monologue in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Veering between surreal interior monologue, scholarly criticism, and elliptical verse, Garza’s chimerical and metatextual whodunnit unsettlingly posits that no one—not the writer, and perhaps not even, or especially not, the reader—is truly innocent. —The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025

Without the interior monologues that soften readers’ impressions of the characters in Hilderbrand’s book, each of the members of the Winbury family comes across as an unrepentant narcissist who seems potentially capable of resorting to nasty behavior. —Jen Chaney, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2024

Look Who’s Talking, in which Bruce Willis voices the interior monologue of a wisecracking baby. —Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2024

The relentlessly polyphonic interior monologue makes for a frenetic, hilarious 100 minutes. —Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for interior monologue

• agog
• backlog
• bulldog
• bullfrog
• eclogue
• eggnog
• groundhog
• hedgehog
• leapfrog
• prolog
• sheepdog
• watchdog