monologist

Example Sentences

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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

While she travels extensively and speaks to everyone, she stresses that her monologues are fictional but based on reality, sidestepping the mess that monologist Mike Daisey faced when he admitted to making up conversations.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2012

Like the grad student narrator of the sample, the other speakers are monologist interpreters of experience who struggle to overcome self-indulgence.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2011

For this reason a monologist or an act is often given exclusive rights to use a precise kind of subject-material over a given circuit.

From Writing for Vaudeville by Page, Brett