How to Use rotunda in a Sentence

rotunda

noun

• We stood inside the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building.
• During the last week of the program, the art is on display in the main rotunda of the school.
  — Lyndi McNulty, Baltimore Sun, 30 Nov. 2024
• The liquor shelves at the bar are made from part of the old building's rotunda, Chris said.
  — Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2021
• The yelling, banging, and chaos echoed through the rotunda and rattled the doors of the 144-year-old building.
  — Mallory McMorrow, The New Republic, 6 Dec. 2022
• Gary walked around the back of the building and climbed the stairs walking right into the rotunda.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2021
• Past the entry, the eye is drawn upward to the dome of the three-story rotunda, which is made of stained glass.
  — Mary Grace Granados, Dallas News, 12 Dec. 2020
• At the same time as the rally played out in the rotunda, the mayor was holding a press briefing in the Blue Room across the hall.
  — Michael Gartland, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2024
• Take a mid-shopping spree snack to the rotunda to enjoy.
  — Kaye Toal, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2023
• The articles will go from the House chamber through the Capitol rotunda to the doors of the Senate.
  — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2024
• The pair passed through a makeshift hallway and entered a rotunda.
  — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021
• Video showed her in the rotunda and inside the Capitol Crypt and elsewhere.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 14 Mar. 2022
• Her impact can still be felt in Knoxville, and the Hall’s rotunda is named in her honor.
  — Mike Anthony, courant.com, 9 June 2018
• Now, a cozy entry opens to a rotunda with black-and-white-marble floors.
  — Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor, 21 May 2018
• The tall windows, pillared facade, rooftop balustrade, and 90-foot-high rotunda of the main building give it the look of a chateau.
  — Adam Hochschild, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2019
• Shaw was in the Capitol rotunda for 14 minutes with his teenage son.
  — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2024
• The more than 5,600-square-foot main house is entered through a wide half-circle rotunda.
  — Lauren Beale, latimes.com, 9 Oct. 2017
• The Chen piece, which hangs high over the museum’s rotunda, is a writhing 65–foot-long dragon.
  — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2017
• The 30-foot-high structure funnels sunlight from the rotunda’s glass and cast-iron dome.
  — Stacy Meichtry, WSJ, 17 May 2021
• The front doors open to a rotunda foyer with the staircase leading to guest bedrooms.
  — David Lyons, Sun-Sentinel.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• Civil rights icon Rosa Parks, who died in 2005, is the only woman to lay in honor in the rotunda.
  — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2020
• The front windows of the rotunda have also been restored.
  — Carol Motsinger, Cincinnati.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• The grand foyer offers a view of the triple-tiered rotunda ceiling and curved stairway.
  — Houston Chronicle, 10 June 2018
• The event will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. outside the hospital’s main rotunda.
  — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 6 May 2022
• The foyer offers a view of the triple-tiered rotunda ceiling and curved stairway.
  — Houston Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2017
• The rotunda will be open to the public for viewing Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the court announced Monday.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 13 Sep. 2021
• Warm woods and white walls mix in the living spaces, and the kitchen adds some flair with a brick fireplace and breakfast nook topped by a rotunda.
  — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022
• The rotunda with a 24-foot ceiling is perfect for a piano, said O’Gorman.
  — Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2020
• As for those men, their clubroom was on the opposite side of the main rotunda.
  — Dallas News, 24 May 2022
• Each inductee received a medallion and a plaque that will be placed inside the Hall of Fame rotunda.
  — Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2019
• The 2024 ornament depicts the mosaics and mural at the top of the dome, which many visitors and school groups photograph or admire while laying down on the floor of the rotunda.
  — Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Jan 2025