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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 soliloquy
There is not just devastation inside the sentiments that replace the play’s epic monologues with singing soliloquies, but also piercing joy and emphatic defiance.
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David John Chávez, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
In Kevin Smith’s Mallrats or Chasing Amy, as annoying and up-their-own-ass as those movies can be, the world might have stopped for a moment to let the character go off on a soliloquy about J Dilla beats.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025
First Debate: The two-hour debate was frequently chaotic and rife with soliloquies on everything from e-bikes and housing to the president’s deportation agenda and Israel.
—Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 10 June 2025
Trump then launched into a lengthy soliloquy about how the law had been weaponized against him and the role of law firms in that unfair treatment.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
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David John Chávez, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
In Kevin Smith’s Mallrats or Chasing Amy, as annoying and up-their-own-ass as those movies can be, the world might have stopped for a moment to let the character go off on a soliloquy about J Dilla beats.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025
First Debate: The two-hour debate was frequently chaotic and rife with soliloquies on everything from e-bikes and housing to the president’s deportation agenda and Israel.
—Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 10 June 2025
Trump then launched into a lengthy soliloquy about how the law had been weaponized against him and the role of law firms in that unfair treatment.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soliloquy
Noun
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Don't sweat it — music aficionados can tune in and rock out to all of the stellar performances, speeches, and festivities via livestream this year.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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However, Victoria gave Brooklyn a special nod while thanking her children during a speech.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Kimmel closed his monologue by taking the cognitive test that Trump has repeatedly bragged about acing.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
6 Jan. 2026
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In his opening monologue, Dokoupil lamented that his colleagues in the news business had leaned too much into the perspectives of subject matter experts.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
5 Jan. 2026
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How to watch Newsom will deliver his final State of the State address inside the California State Capitol on Thursday.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Newsom is expected to unveil key priorities for his final year Thursday morning in a State of the State address before lawmakers.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Chapter Five is actually just a lecture that somebody gives—somebody who turns out to be the protagonist, Tunde.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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But at a lecture in Tel Aviv, Israel, about 25 years ago, the audience’s response took Lack by surprise.—
Meg Tirrell,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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The van reaches home ground and no one talks and the only sound along that final stretch is El Camello slapping himself to scare away mosquitoes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Senators are engaging in behind-the-scenes talks to reopen the government.—
Nathaniel Weixel,
The Hill,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Soliloquy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soliloquy. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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