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
Even the man who wrote eloquent romantic soliloquies that have endured centuries still royally pissed off his wife on the regular.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soliloquies
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As Zwick points out, awards season is defined by endless speeches about the years and decades that not infrequently precede the making of a film.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Usually, these speeches are ceremonial diplomacy of the highest order and honor the relationship between the two nations.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
2 Sep. 2025
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There are few actors whose disembodied voices could carry long stretches of cinema, but Dafoe manages it, turning monologues about marionette mechanics or muttered complaints about hotel politics into something weirdly magnetic.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
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For one, Vitale writes that the sort of direct-to-camera monologues that have become the toast of Bourdainposting were, in Bourdain’s eyes, corny and insincere.—
Tres Dean,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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And addresses often don’t translate well, requiring a second or third app to help find the right location.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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His approach addresses gaps that hospice care often doesn’t.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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The person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, cautioned that the talks were in the early stages and that no proposal has been finalized.—
Alanna Durkin Richer,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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Friday’s list, beyond Death, Grief and Bereavement, included talks on the basics of American Sign Language and autism spectrum distorders.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Soliloquies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soliloquies. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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