Sample sentences for MONOLOGUE

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Definition

a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor

or:

a long speech by one person — especially one that prevents others from talking

or:

a continuous series of jokes and stories by a single comedian

In books we find monologues from the greatest minds. And where those books disagree, it is up to the reader to create a dialogue.

monologues = a long speech by one person

Did you see the opening monologue on last night's Emmys?

monologue = a continuous series of jokes and stories by a single comedian

Our conversation became more of a monologue on her part.

monologue = a long speech by one person

She didn't like the sound of his rambling monologue, but she was afraid to cut him off.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Lucky One

monologue = a long uninterrupted speech

When we were done with our overlapping monologues, we glared at each other.
Wes Moore -- The Other Wes Moore

monologues = long uninterrupted speeches

Attempts at conversation would turn into one-way monologues, with sounds bouncing off her stone visage.
William P. Young -- The Shack

monologues = long uninterrupted speeches

i can't sleep tonight. my head is full of thoughts that won't turn off. lines from my monologues. elements of...
R.J. Palacio -- Wonder

monologues = a long dramatic speech by a single actor

the play is taking up most of my time as we get closer to opening night. lots of lines to remember. long monologues where it's just me talking.
R.J. Palacio -- Wonder

monologues = long dramatic speeches by a single actor

I snapped out of my internal monologue when I realized how disgustedly Claudia was looking at me.
Bella Forrest -- A Shade of Vampire
I believe in the journey, not the arrival; in conversation, not monologues; in multiple questions rather than any single answer.
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe
Mrs. McIntyre continued with the monologue that Mrs. Shortley had heard oftentimes before.
Flannery O'Connor -- A Good Man is Hard to Find AND OTHER STORIES
In fact it had been a two-hour monologue.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Played with Fire
She continued in amiable monologue for another half hour, her eyes probing about swiftly all the time at the two dark figures before her.
Thomas Wolfe -- Look Homeward, Angel
He forgot I hadn't heard any of these splendid monologues on, what was it? on love, justice, conduct of life—or what not.
Joseph Conrad -- Heart of Darkness
The lama, under cover of the monologue, had faded out into the darkness towards the room prepared.
Rudyard Kipling -- Kim
Was it a conversation if you were having a monologue in your own cell?
Jodi Picoult -- Change of Heart
He did not speak down to her or at her, nor content himself with puerile questions about her life or monologues of his own activities.
Toni Morrison -- Sula
One involved a dramatic verse monologue of a Chicana about to be arrested by the cops.
Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
The house quiets as I continue my taunting monologue.
Ellen Hopkins -- Identical
... are in reality one long monologue.
Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World

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