as in speeches
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 soliloquies
All those irreverent celebrations and comical soliloquies left no shortage of options.
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Jared Weiss, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
Even in cinema, there’s nothing like watching a Shakespeare play performed engagingly onstage, and no better ruminations on mortality than the soliloquies of Hamlet itself.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2025
Where most 1960s bands were cutting 3-minute singles from the studio, the Dead were jamming 30 minute soliloquies on the stage several nights a week.
—Brian Halligan, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
Even the man who wrote eloquent romantic soliloquies that have endured centuries still royally pissed off his wife on the regular.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Jared Weiss, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
Even in cinema, there’s nothing like watching a Shakespeare play performed engagingly onstage, and no better ruminations on mortality than the soliloquies of Hamlet itself.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2025
Where most 1960s bands were cutting 3-minute singles from the studio, the Dead were jamming 30 minute soliloquies on the stage several nights a week.
—Brian Halligan, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
Even the man who wrote eloquent romantic soliloquies that have endured centuries still royally pissed off his wife on the regular.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soliloquies
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All those years of speeches are housed in one place, across the street from the Capitol, in the State Library and court building.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Muse didn’t give any magical speeches when the Penguins returned from the holiday break.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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And speaking of monologues, Carrie Coon’s surprising final sentiment has to be one of the finale’s pinnacles.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Jan. 2026
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So what did the actor learn from all those monologues?—
Patrick Gomez,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Jan. 2026
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The Marlins asked for him in trade talks with the Yankees about Cabrera last month.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
14 Jan. 2026
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Sudan peace talks resume in Cairo as the conflict between the army and Rapid Support Forces approaches the three-year mark since April 2023.—
Fatma Khaled,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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For those curious, yes, the NBA’s rule book addresses situations such as Thursday’s in Chicago, when the Heat’s game against the Chicago Bulls was postponed because of condensation creating a court at the United Center deemed too slick.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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The attackers accessed names, addresses, Social Security numbers and health information, among other sensitive data that could put patients at serious risk.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Soliloquies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soliloquies. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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