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.
• When the monologues ended, pictures of their sons flashed on the screen.
  — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 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
• The utopia promised by that monologue would seem to lack any reason for tension.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2023
• But the strike only ended two days ago, so what was the plan for the monologue before that news broke?
  — Vulture, 12 Nov. 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
• 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
• During the opening monologue, Bridges sang a duet with Cookie.
  — Sopan Deb, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• Noah’s monologue was not something that anyone would claim killed.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
• In some cases, the shows returned to the air without writers, and hosts like Jay Leno had to put together monologues.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 May 2023
• His stand-up-style monologue after the moving opener felt a bit awkward.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2023
• Jay Leno wrote his own monologues, a move that angered union leadership.
  — Jack Coyle, Fortune, 2 May 2023
• The current host of The Tonight Show took a page from Carson’s book and avoided the subject altogether until the monologue was over.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2023
• The monologue pivots around the moment when Israel was on the brink of defeat and Meir awaits word of military support from the United States.
  — Terry Byrne, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
• Koy was met with boos during his opening monologue at Sunday’s awards show.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2024
• Harmon has a knack for torrential monologues, and Zien has a doozy to deliver.
  — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
• The monologue takes a number of wild twists and turns, and really showcases Edebiri’s comedic gifts.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2023
• The monologue ended with Gosling handing Wiig her very own Five-Timers jacket.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 7 Apr. 2024
• But the way someone works will tell you as much as, if not more than, endless internal monologues ever will.
  — New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023
• About 15 years ago, Liam Neeson picked up a cellphone and growled a haunting, threatening monologue that changed the course of his career.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2023
• Host Jo Koy spent a good chunk of his opening monologue praising nominee Meryl Streep.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
• Several members of the crowd knew every word of Ms. Cotillard’s breathless, over-the-top monologue.
  — Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 19 June 2023
• The theory seemed to resonate enough for Stephen Colbert to mention the rumors in his opening monologue on March 12.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 18 Mar. 2024
• Flay then breaks out into a monologue about what the transitions between segments might look like.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2023
• Cancer June 21-July 22 Your own inner monologue might be too mean to you today.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024