How to Use capitol in a Sentence
capitol
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The trimaran-style ship is 418 feet long and bears the name of Maine’s capitol.
— Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023 -
He's shown being sworn in on the steps of the capitol building.
— Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 29 Sep. 2022 -
Wallace agreed to meet at the state capitol on the morning of April 25.
— Patricia Sullivan, Time, 11 Aug. 2021 -
Some of the protesters outside the capitol burned the U.S. flag.
— Barak Ravid, Axios, 24 July 2024 -
One new listing in the nation’s capitol may be for you.
— Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2023 -
And if that weren't enough, there was a foiled plot to storm the capitol and kidnap the governor.
— Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 15 Oct. 2020 -
The only state capitol to light up will be in Nashville, from dusk to dawn Jan. 22-24.
— Bethany Blankley, Washington Examiner, 25 Jan. 2021 -
The threat is not just to the capitol or to the inauguration.
— Josiah Bates, Time, 14 Jan. 2021 -
Most of Season 2 as well as parts of Season 3 were shot in and around the Texas state capitol.
— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2024 -
The 2011 maps had been drawn in secret, in a locked wing of a law firm across the street from the Wisconsin state capitol.
— Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2023 -
Willow Beach's pricey sale was soon linked to the influx of tech workers to the Texas capitol.
— Mark Dunphy, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Mar. 2021 -
The capitol building isn’t far, but the way is treacherous.
— Erik Kain, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023 -
The statue was brought to the state capitol by the Satanic Temple of Iowa.
— Louis Casiano, Fox News, 24 May 2024 -
Katima Smith-Willis, 26, stands on the steps of the Kentucky capitol.
— Chiara Brown, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2022 -
In June, the team — along with Herman — marched to the Texas state capitol in protest of recent police killings.
— Scott Bell, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2020 -
At the announcement, in the state capitol in St. Paul, Mondale beamed with pride.
— David Shribman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2021 -
For the first time since 1938, kids in Iowa’s capitol will go trick-or-treating on Halloween.
— Abigail Adams, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024 -
There's a lot of bad teams at the top of this draft not in position to give away future draft capitol.
— The Indianapolis Star, 7 Mar. 2023 -
Three weeks later, the Red Raiders will take a trip to the state capitol to face off against Texas on September 25.
— Dallas News, 11 Feb. 2021 -
The new capitol, which remains a Frankfort landmark to this day, opened in 1831.
— Keith L. Runyon, The Courier-Journal, 3 Dec. 2021 -
After circling the Wesley Bolin Plaza, the crowd marched along the north end of the capitol grounds and then sidewalks west of the building.
— Brieanna J. Frank, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2020 -
Has first rally with Biden in Springfield, Illinois, in front of the old state capitol.
— CNN, 11 Aug. 2021 -
It’s 1901 at the Alabama capitol, one of those spring days in May when the weather can’t decide what to be.
— al, 5 Dec. 2022 -
There is palpable excitement in the halls of the state capitol.
— Corey Deangelis, National Review, 1 Apr. 2023 -
Auriemma is due to speak at the capitol on this issue this week.
— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2024 -
Chernobyl is located less than 100 miles north of Kyiv, which is the capitol of Ukraine.
— Katie Vogel, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2022 -
Pine Bluff is about 45 miles south of the Arkansas capitol of Little Rock.
— Jordan Culver, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2020 -
The county is about 50 miles southwest of Charleston, the state capitol, and rests along the Virginia border.
— Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 3 June 2023 -
Upon seizing the capitol, the Taliban were quick to shutter schools for girls.
— Karina Tsui, Washington Post, 27 July 2022 -
Clara Hendrickson has more on the chaos happening at the state capitol.
— Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2024
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