monologist

Example Sentences

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“Eventually I became what I grew up with, which is a folk music act with a funny monologist, making funny intros to songs.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2024

They called him a monologist, and the man who talked about his father, which is the worst motto ever, the man who talks about his father.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2023

That’s a sensation with which actor, comedian and monologist Mike Birbiglia has always been intimately familiar.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2020

“He’s done some really good work as a monologist at those correspondents’ dinners — that’s how he qualifies to be on the show,” Seinfeld said, referring to the annual black-tie gathering of White House reporters.

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2015

But the oddest thing was this, that he could take as well as give; he could listen—surely a rare talent in a monologist.

From Grey Roses by Harland, Henry