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soliloquy

[suh-lil-uh-kwee] / səˈlɪl ə kwi /
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NOUN
speech by one
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Scheffler's surprising soliloquy about the importance of chasing golfing greatness caused a stir at Portrush last year and the four-time major winner flirted with similar territory at Birkdale.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Then they had me read Hamlet’s soliloquy, “To be or not to be.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

The episode’s signature moment comes in a soliloquy from Gen Z hero Ava Daniels, in which she rips into the idea that A.I. is inevitable and talks about how we can and should fight it.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

But Crowther’s sleuthing determines that Joyce’s novel was a regular companion of hers, and she was particularly enchanted with Molly Bloom’s closing soliloquy.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

A couple of people are arguing about Shakespeare, and then someone stands on a chair and basically bellows Hamlet’s soliloquy into this other dude’s ear.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

“That is an opportunity you cannot turn down,” he says, even though he only had a week to prepare the most famous soliloquies in the Western canon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2026

His soliloquies have helped hook a huge audience into the spiky worldview of the show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025

As a long-time viewer of “Morning Joe,” I am quite used to Joe and Mika’s self-aggrandizing soliloquies.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024

Don’t expect Kirby to go on any soliloquies about anything to the media, let alone himself.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2023

One student read Lady Macbeth’s soliloquies as raps.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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