How to Use the Capitol in a Sentence

the Capitol

noun
  • Things got worse after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
    Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Or that he would be forced to fight for them in the face of violent threats and a hard shove outside the Capitol.
    Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Nine lawmakers rented rooms in a house across the street from the Capitol.
    Alex Walters and Jack Armstrong, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Thursday was not the first time Chappelle took an unannounced trip to the Capitol.
    Emily Jacobs, Washington Examiner, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Trump will not appear in person at the courthouse, steps away from the Capitol crime scene.
    Carrie Johnson, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The staffers laid flowers in front of the Capitol steps in honor of those killed in the conflict and held a moment of silence.
    Sabrina Siddiqui, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The Supreme Court is weighing two major cases this term tied to the 2020 election and the attack on the Capitol.
    Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
  • The senator hired him to sweep the Capitol steps, paying him out of his own pocket.
    Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
  • She was wheeled into the Capitol, looking frail and with one eye nearly closed.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Willard now guides in the Capitol Reef and Goblin Valley areas.
    Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2024
  • About 30 activists recouped across the Capitol under the shade of trees at Wesley Bolin Plaza.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2024
  • Footage from the Capitol shows him inside the building for less than fifteen minutes.
    Andrea Kalin, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The statue will be the second of an Arkansas native in the Capitol, a news release states.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2024
  • But some continue to view what happened at the Capitol as a problem.
    Odette Yousef, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The statue of Bates, who helped desegregate public schools in the 1950s, was unveiled at the Capitol in May.
    David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Sep. 2024
  • What does all this mean for the Capitol riot defendants?
    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 16 Dec. 2023
  • In fact, the crowd that stormed the Capitol was overwhelmingly pro-Trump, which Gaetz had every reason to know.
    Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • A lot has changed since 1974 — at The Times, at the Capitol, in California politics.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Norm Pattis, a lawyer for Biggs, told the court Trump's role in the Capitol riot might warrant his presence as a witness for the defense in the case.
    Robert Legare, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Yes, but Trump was not charged with insurrection after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
    David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
  • This was after Nichols, wearing body armor and other tactical gear, had spent hours at the Capitol in the thick of the mayhem.
    Jackie Calmes, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
  • Washington had been bracing for the freakout to balloon as Democrats faced a deluge of questions from the Capitol Hill press corps.
    David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 July 2024
  • Later that night, McCarthy was seen walking out of the speaker's office, and the Capitol building, with a box under his arm.
    Mariana Alfaro The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Donner was inside the Capitol on Jan. 6 when Trump supporters stormed the building.
    Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • With the chaos inside the Capitol continuing, Trump's aides believed Trump still needed to do more.
    Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2024
  • In one exchange shown to jurors, Tarrio urged his fellow extremists to stay at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
    Michael Kunzelman, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Jewish Democrats led a vigil for Israel’s victims Thursday night on the Capitol steps.
    Liz Goodwin, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
  • This includes tech companies, whose platforms played pivotal roles in the attack on the Capitol.
    Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Six months later came the January 6 ransacking of the Capitol.
    Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Four people died at the Capitol that day, and one officer who was on duty during the riot died days later.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 17 Oct. 2024

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