soliloquize

verb

Definition of soliloquizenext
as in to speak

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Recent Examples of soliloquize Not just when Juicy soliloquizes across the proscenium or Tedra casts us some side-eye. — Jesse Green, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023 After all, no dentist is asked to soliloquize about how a tooth extraction reflects life choices. — Zoe Hewitt, Variety, 24 Jan. 2022 One of which, thankfully, will involve Ahmed mournfully soliloquizing. — Rebecca Keegan, vanityfair.com, 17 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soliloquize
  1. speak
  2. recite
  3. declaim
  4. expatiate
  5. sermonize
  6. discourse
  7. harangue
  8. lecture
Verb
  • There was an emotional embrace between Javits's father and students at the school who spoke about their late friend, and gave a message to his killers.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Next week, Jason speaks with 2025 Pulitzer Prize winner and Washington Post White House bureau chief Isaac Arnsdorf, about the blue tsunami in the 2026 midterms.
    — Press Freedom Desk, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of speak
Verb
  • Below the message, the man included a link to an opinion column from the California Globe, a right-center news outlet according to media watchdog site Media Bias/Fact Check, that criticized Vang for her refusal to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Pope can recite chapter and verse on the differences between the TRO rulings in the case brought in California versus Ohio.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of recite
Verb
  • Modern scholars have usually read them silently or, if reading aloud, declaimed them in a more or less theatrical manner.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Related Stories Cruise, declaiming every line, acting with blind bluster and a mean gleam of good-ol’-boy joy, makes Digger a walking cartoon — a larger-than-life satire of over-the-top American arrogance, like LBJ crossed with Foghorn Leghorn.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of declaim
Verb
  • There was no debate on education, for instance, the subject on which Cash had been most keen to expatiate; indeed, there were no debates at all.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
  • Ostensibly, further studies are encouraged to expatiate this understanding.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2024
Definition of expatiate
Verb
  • Congress has also shown an affinity for weighing in on sports disputes—consider the airtime members of Congress receive when sermonizing on the state of college sports.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 July 2026
  • At least my mother was one of those who sermonized that sentiment.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of sermonize
Verb
  • While today’s cinema listings are crammed with sequels and remakes, with the watching experience couched in discourse and then discourse about the discourse, the best ’90s films were for the most part true originals.
    — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Florence is one of the many municipalities taking action in response to discourse around the heavy presence of Flock Safety’s license plate readers.
    — Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of discourse
Verb
  • No president has publicly harangued and harassed the Fed more to lower interest rates.
    — Steve Liesman, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Benatia got a three-month suspension for haranguing a fourth official.
    — Tom Williams, New York Times, 17 May 2026
Definition of harangue
Verb
  • And what's tricky about this is Direct Instruction, the version invented by Zig, is the opposite of lecturing.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 5 Nov. 2026
  • This is how a senior diplomat can lecture British bureaucrats about North Korea’s victimhood one day and then flee North Korea with his entire family a few weeks later.
    — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of lecture

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“Soliloquize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soliloquize. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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