How to Use capitol in a Sentence

capitol

noun
  • Manchin appeared with them on the steps of the state capitol.
    — Dylan Scott, Vox, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Many of the protests are planned at state capitols, with some in other cities.
    — Associated Press, TIME, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The first stop will be the state capitol for a moment of silence.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 4 Jan. 2025
  • He's shown being sworn in on the steps of the capitol building.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Some of the parents have brought their children to the capitol.
    — Fox News, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Is the capitol building an asset to the state?
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2026
  • Keller stood in the capitol, listening as his son’s name was read aloud.
    — Jon Billman, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2017
  • From the capitol to our our homes, this soup is a winner for a cold night's dinner.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The ride up the steps of the capitol at Salem was one of the highlights of the trip.
    — Ben East, Outdoor Life, 14 Mar. 2025
  • In the capitol, an aggressive red-tape snipping mood seems to have set in.
    — Calmatters, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Weeks later, the marchers made it across the bridge and walked 54 miles to the state capitol steps.
    — Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Some gathered on the state capitol steps to protest the policy.
    — Alaska Dispatch News, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Teachers are planning daily protests at the state capitol in the lead-up to the strike.
    — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 20 Apr. 2018
  • And yet here the two men were, dressed in suits, testifying at the state capitol.
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • State troopers massed around him; later, he was led out of the capitol in handcuffs.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • The next day, a group of advocates gave a press conference at the capitol.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The threat is not just to the capitol or to the inauguration.
    — Josiah Bates, Time, 14 Jan. 2021
  • Two of the arrests were for people who chained themselves to the entrances of the capitol.
    — CBS News, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Davis is one of five Kentucky natives that have statues in the capitol.
    — Thomas Novelly, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2018
  • And Glass and others carried the ball through the chambers of the capitol.
    — Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Wallace agreed to meet at the state capitol on the morning of April 25.
    — Patricia Sullivan, Time, 11 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • The steps of the capitol were where King spoke of a time when injustice would no longer prevail.
    — CBS News, 13 Nov. 2019
  • The state capitol will have around nine hours and 41 minutes of sunlight on the solstice.
    — Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Lying in state in the capitol rotunda.
    — Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 14 June 2026
  • The bus is on a tour of all 50 state capitols to promote the 40-year-old station.
    — Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2018
  • But most of the voices in the state capitol push for more revenue to keep the government gravy train running.
    — Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
  • 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

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