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
Her soliloquies reveal deep internal conflict about identity, duty, and desire.
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Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2026
Over the last year, however, much of that feedback has been met by philosophical soliloquies and redirection.
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Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
25 Apr. 2026
Many of Silverblatt’s best moments come not in conversation but in his soliloquies delivered to the author who is ostensibly being interviewed.
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John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
In Network, as a harried TV executive, Duvall is similarly roaring, spitting some great Paddy Chayefsky soliloquies with relish.
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David Sims,
The Atlantic,
16 Feb. 2026
My mom and her soliloquies, Mom being Mom.
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Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
Do it in English, but do the soliloquies in French, maybe.
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Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
15 Jan. 2026
All those irreverent celebrations and comical soliloquies left no shortage of options.
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Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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.
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Brian Halligan,
Fortune,
25 Nov. 2025
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2026
Over the last year, however, much of that feedback has been met by philosophical soliloquies and redirection.
—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
25 Apr. 2026
Many of Silverblatt’s best moments come not in conversation but in his soliloquies delivered to the author who is ostensibly being interviewed.
—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
In Network, as a harried TV executive, Duvall is similarly roaring, spitting some great Paddy Chayefsky soliloquies with relish.
—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
16 Feb. 2026
My mom and her soliloquies, Mom being Mom.
—
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
Do it in English, but do the soliloquies in French, maybe.
—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
15 Jan. 2026
All those irreverent celebrations and comical soliloquies left no shortage of options.
—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soliloquies
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Throughout Friday night’s speeches, there were efforts to focus on issues such as affordability and education, and move beyond party lines.
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And students interested in things like script writing, public speaking or audio wrote and voiced the robots’ speeches.
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The goofy sketch comedies and homemade spoofs that once filled his channel gradually disappeared, replaced by melancholy short films and bleak monologues.
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Stress significantly impairs the brain's capacity for presence, often due to internal monologues rather than external factors.
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The analysts said recent talks between Japan and the Philippines over overlapping claims in their exclusive economic zones east of Taiwan may have been the impetus for the MSA mission east of Tawain.
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Any renewal of heavy fighting could threaten the broader diplomatic talks, since Iran has demanded that a full truce in Lebanon be part of any comprehensive deal.
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In this case, M-Pesa phone numbers and what are known as lightning addresses—a payment spec that lets users to receive bitcoin payments via email addresses.
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Keep screenshots, emails, seller profiles, payment receipts and website addresses.
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“Soliloquies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soliloquies. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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