soliloquy

Example Sentences

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The soliloquy is especially impressive because Ms. Ocasio-Cortez could have taken cover under the fact that U.S. policy is to decline to answer the question.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

In a makeshift classroom, Mr White, the coach, launched into an extraordinary soliloquy.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025

One unauthorized visit to someone else's closet yields a brief soliloquy on the implication of a Patek Philippe timepiece.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2025

That moment almost demands a fiery extended soliloquy, not the rushed version on offer.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2024

I had chosen drama simply because I liked Hamlet’s soliloquy beginning “To be, or not to be.”

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou