as in speeches
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 soliloquies
Even the man who wrote eloquent romantic soliloquies that have endured centuries still royally pissed off his wife on the regular.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soliloquies
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Conversely, after Lai used less antagonistic language toward China in speeches this May and October, China declined to hold large military drills.—
STEPHEN WERTHEIM,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Oct. 2025
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Beyond a few rallying speeches in presidential election years, Obama appeared to have put his political days very much behind him.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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Concerned friends, both mine and his, counseled against him posting rambling, nonsensical monologues, and about his drug use.—
Coley Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Hosts like Kristen Stewart, Sam Rockwell and Ariana Grande have all dropped uncensored profanity during their monologues or sketches.—
William Earl,
Variety,
19 Oct. 2025
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Several of the addresses listed to Chen are in Hong Kong.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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The dispute could affect billions of dollars in cross-border trade and set a new precedent for handling disagreements over the use of public figures and historic addresses in political messaging.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Although nothing is imminent, club sources say the hierarchy are keen to find a successor and have held talks with a number of candidates.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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For his part, Carney said his government remains ready to continue talks to reduce tariffs in certain sectors.—
Rob Gillies,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Soliloquies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soliloquies. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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