soliloquy

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 Paradoxically, given the co-lead casting of a music superstar, the majority of the numbers are Arthur’s soliloquies, indicating his complete detachment from the reality of a trial in which the prosecution is seeking the death penalty. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024 That’s also the case at news conferences, in which Harbaugh’s stream-of-consciousness soliloquies and unusual word choices often make reporters glance at one another with amusement. Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024 Since one page roughly equals one minute of screen time, a three-page monologue basically means a three-minute speech — which can feel like an eternity for an actor on camera giving a solo soliloquy. James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024 There’s a bit of theatre to this process, in which a cast of supposedly regular people—cabdrivers, people in diners, truck drivers, elementary-school teachers—is paraded upon a stage so that each can deliver a soliloquy about the candidates and the state of the nation. Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for soliloquy 
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  • And there was attention paid during the speeches both to the improbable fact that an offshoot of the group, Dead & Company, is still out there playing, 60 years after the original group’s formation, even as Weir acknowledged absences at the dais.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Feb. 2025
  • How To Watch The speech will be broadcasted live at 5 p.m. CT on Nexstar television stations and their websites across Texas.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
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  • The actor, whose more recent television projects include competing last year on Dancing With the Stars, had not been aware that Chappelle would talk about him in the monologue.
    Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2025
  • They were also nominated for worst screen combo, another blow for the movie that Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser ruthlessly mocked in her monologue earlier this month.
    Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
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  • Direct address is also the strength of the posy rings at Les Enluminures (A6), a dealer known for miniatures of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
    Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • His administration called on federal agencies to recruit more job candidates from underserved communities, run training programs advancing principles of equity and inclusion, and address pay inequities, among other steps.
    Andrea Hsu, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
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  • Explore the history and legacy of the Rosewood Massacre of 1923 through an insightful lecture and exhibit; 5:30-6:30 p.m., Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables.
    Angel Doval, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
  • What To Know According to details shared by Doubleday, the book opens in Prague, where Langdon plans to attend a lecture by noetic scientist Katherine Solomon.
    Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
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  • On Thursday, the same day The Athletic reported that the Houston Astros had reopened talks with their free agent third baseman Alex Bregman, the team was also reported to be attempting to shed reliever and former lights-out closer Ryan Pressly.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Some high-profile pending UFAs instruct their agents to pause talks in-season, but that wasn’t the case with Rantanen.
    Pierre LeBrun, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025

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