monologue
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In a closing monologue, Odysseus looks ahead to the collapse of the Bronze Age, imagining a future in which his world and everything that happened to him will be forgotten.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Something’s wrong with you if you didn’t rewatch “Jaws” after the episode where, out at sea, Stephen Root’s cantankerous Wyck has his own Captain Quint USS Indianapolis monologue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Years later, when “SNL” developed its opening monologue, it served a similar purpose.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Quickly editing my interior monologue, as to not admit psychosis: “That’s my dog.”
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
He once again knocks his opening monologue straight out of the park.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
So when I read it, I was like, “Oh, OK. That’s like those five-page monologues that you don’t get very often to do for one character in one episode.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
On one weekend in Tokyo, hundreds of visitors flocked to a zine fair showcasing a wide range of handmade magazines in different sizes and formats -- some incorporating abstract designs, photography or personal monologues.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
Olivia and Jamieson both feel the guest-host monologues didn't work for the British version of the show.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
Kimmel has continued his jokes at the president’s expense in his late night monologues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
It is quite characteristic of him at his best: well-told; several rhetorical monologues; a little essay on Love by the way.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Vocabulary lists containing monologue
"The Crucible" -- Vocabulary from all 4 Acts
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