rotunda

Example Sentences

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Go the Capitol rotunda and look up at the dome, where Constantino Brumidi’s fresco The Apotheosis of Washington, painted during the Civil War, shows Washington in heaven, flanked by goddesses.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026

In a disco-ball-decorated rotunda, five Optimus bots performed a dance routine to Haddaway’s “What Is Love.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

“But she walked into the rotunda and she started reading Lincoln’s words that are engraved into the wall. It was such a moving moment.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

Built in 1939 as the Floral Hall, the Ocean Room is a distinctive rotunda building, and for the past 50 years has operated as a night club and function venue.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025

The tile was glowing like one of the tablet computer screens upstairs in the rotunda.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein