soliloquizing

present participle of soliloquize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for soliloquizing
Verb
  • The shooting at the ICE facility came just two weeks after a gunman perched atop a building at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, shot and killed Kirk as the 31-year-old co-founder of the conservative grass roots organization Turning Point USA was speaking to a large crowd at an outdoor event.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Climate scientist Johan Rockström, speaking at a science briefing that opened the summit, warned that warming appears to be accelerating.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Traditional activities include reciting prayers near a body of water and eating foods such as apples dipped in honey.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
  • For some brides and grooms, the prospect of writing and publicly reciting their wedding vows can be daunting.
    Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The same woman Don had been lecturing about beer.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The following photos feature him reading on a train, posing with students, standing next to a sculpture and lecturing in front of the class.
    Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That entanglement allowed Biden to traverse the country haranguing business on equity, climate, daycare, union labor, and other whole-of-government crusades—while taunting Republicans who relented for the sake of home-district dollars.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Tuesday’s report is likely to be viewed favorably by the president, who has spent the past months haranguing Fed Chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates.
    Rob Wile, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Rather than the writer pontificating about how Pfleger needs to retire from active priesthood, how about a better use of his time by advocating the notion that pedophile priests should be retired to jail.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rei is talking with her mom on the phone about her burgeoning anime illustrator career.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a little bit of talking past one another, in the sense that Republicans are trying to run a process that is better than [the stablecoin bill had].
    Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Soliloquizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soliloquizing. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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