as in speech
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
Inspirational edits of the lesbian Traitors star’s podcast soliloquies have been taking over TikTok.
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Ana Osorno, Them., 1 Apr. 2025
But the danger is removing the urgency of the play: Tellingly, Washington seems never to look directly at the audience during the play’s famous soliloquies, preferring to deliver them high into the air.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2025
Hopkins has a blast with the role, spouting off soliloquies about right and wrong while gleefully pushing buttons that plunge Eddie into near-death scenarios from behind a curtain.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 21 Mar. 2025
Secluded vows may be especially appealing to those who are shy or feel pressured by family or friends to come up with the perfect soliloquy.
—Alix Strauss, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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Ana Osorno, Them., 1 Apr. 2025
But the danger is removing the urgency of the play: Tellingly, Washington seems never to look directly at the audience during the play’s famous soliloquies, preferring to deliver them high into the air.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2025
Hopkins has a blast with the role, spouting off soliloquies about right and wrong while gleefully pushing buttons that plunge Eddie into near-death scenarios from behind a curtain.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 21 Mar. 2025
Secluded vows may be especially appealing to those who are shy or feel pressured by family or friends to come up with the perfect soliloquy.
—Alix Strauss, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soliloquy
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Botulism Symptoms Symptoms of botulism include general weakness, dizziness, double vision, speech or swallowing difficulties, muscle weakness, abdominal distension and constipation.—
Matt Cannon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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In his keynote speech, Guisa presented statistics that illustrated the advantages of genre pics, specifically horror, in the worldwide market.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
25 June 2025
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Luna’s Monday monologue focused on the ICE raids that are still happening in Los Angeles and all the wonderful things immigrants bring to America.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
26 June 2025
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His one big monologue about what racing means to him doesn’t land with any impact.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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Records show Collier officials were unclear on key details, including whether they were supposed to continue responding to emergency calls to the address.—
Ana Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2025
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The call came in to the mall’s address at 4800 S. Hulen St. at 7:14 p.m. The Fort Worth Fire Department posted on social media at 7:35 p.m. that the fire was at two alarms.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 June 2025
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Posted on YouTube, the 7-minute video features comedian Martin Herlihy holding a lecture before a group of high school students, with the goal of teaching them how to convince their parents to buy them a Mac for college.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
20 June 2025
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In 2019, a national survey of OB-GYN, internal medicine and family practice residency programs revealed that 20% of graduating residents had received no lectures on menopause, and 6.8% felt unprepared to care for menopausal patients.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Flow Space,
20 June 2025
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Yet Trump, whose administration had entered into talks with Iran aimed at reaching an agreement on the country's nuclear program, has backed the Israeli offensive and has openly contemplated joining the Israeli campaign through strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
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On Friday, the VIX—Wall Street’s fear gauge—fell 7.9% after Thursday’s spike on war talk.—
Ian Mount,
Fortune,
20 June 2025
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“Soliloquy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soliloquy. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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