rotunda

Tough women with children at home curled up in the rotunda at the foot of the grand staircase.

Then a newscaster would break in with some ratatattat announcement that amounted to nothing, and then it was back to the rotunda.

Jubilant crowds filled the Capitol rotunda and thunderous applause greeted us everywhere as we emerged from the vote.

The reviled Batman gets a statue in the city hall rotunda, and orphan boys can romp in a great big mansion, unafraid.

In the rotunda, connecting the north and south cell-houses, the Deputy stands at a high desk.

The short steps patter on the bridge connecting the upper rotunda with the cell-house, and pass along the gallery.

Past the tier of vacant cells, we ascend the stairway to the upper rotunda, on the left side of which is the Chaplain's office.

The door of the rotunda swings open, admitting the tall, lank figure of the Deputy Warden.

All these articles are arranged for exhibition in this rotunda, which is lighted up with candles.