soliloquising

Making a presumably unintended echo of Stewart's The Daily Show, the celebrity guests seemed to function solely to make you wish Stewart was soliloquising.

Jon Stewart rally: moderation breaks out in Washington crowd Hadley Freeman 2010

‘Weal pie,’ said Mr. Weller, soliloquising, as he arranged the eatables on the grass.

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club 2007

At these words I quickly raised my head; but my uncle went on soliloquising.

Journey to the Interior of the Earth 2003

Assuming a ferocious mien, Sultan approached soliloquising, no doubt,

My Tropic Isle 2003

Thus soliloquising he opened the letter, and was soon deeply absorbed in its contents.

The Garies and Their Friends Frank J. Webb

It was at last broken by Valricour, who, half soliloquising, half speaking to his younger companion, sorrowfully uttered the words --

The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France Alfred H. Engelbach

Perhaps for want of an intelligent companion, Madame Didier was in the habit of soliloquising aloud, and at this moment she was saying cheerfully:

Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Various

SUFFIELD (at upper end of water, kneeling patiently at the edge of an older coppice, smoking the pipe of perfect peace, and soliloquising):

Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior

I can continue my soliloquising as I canter through the bush; there will be no one to disturb me or ridicule me, unless, indeed, the bird named the laughing jackass should make the woods echo with his idiotic chuckle, or the parrots should scream their harsh derision.

Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior

He was speaking straight out in front of him as if he were soliloquising.

Jill the Reckless 1928