How to Use city hall in a Sentence

city hall

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  • The sunset gave the protest a glow of blue and red from the city hall lights.
    — Michael McDaniel, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2021
  • After-hours, use the drop box next to the front door of city hall.
    — cleveland, 27 Feb. 2022
  • Many of the protests have been around a downtown park and city hall.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2020
  • The portion of 20th Street in front of city hall will be blocked all day.
    — Shauna Stuart | [email protected], al, 2 July 2023
  • The students stopped across the street from the city hall building.
    — Shannon Rae Green, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Dana Afana is the Detroit city hall reporter for the Free Press.
    — Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2022
  • The mayor, Yuriy Bova, wanted to show me the city hall.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 2 May 2022
  • People can also use the dropoff box on the east side of city hall.
    — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2020
  • For some chefs, the heat from city hall has driven cheesecake out of the kitchen.
    — Chieko Tsuneoka, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The peaceful protest ended when the group made its way back to city hall.
    — Michael McDaniel, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2021
  • The property lies due north of the building that held the city hall of Bethel Heights.
    — Laurinda Joenks, Arkansas Online, 28 Dec. 2021
  • People can also use the drop-off box on the east side of city hall.
    — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Oct. 2020
  • The shop is only a short drive from the old city hall, the white office building where Mr. Shaw fought.
    — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2023
  • On Thursday, the city of San Jose honored the team by raising the Quakes’ flag at city hall.
    — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
  • On March 3rd, a group of Ukrainian soldiers raised the country’s flag in front of city hall.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The city's main fire station and city hall were demolished by the storm, O'Nan said.
    — Tori B. Powell, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2021
  • The family’s words and emotions led to a march around city hall.
    — Michael McDaniel, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2021
  • Hicks has been something of a lightning rod at city hall for years.
    — Scott Carroll, oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The police dragged Colvin off the bus, then slapped handcuffs on her and drove her to the local jail at city hall.
    — Brian Lyman, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2021
  • This year, the neighborhood city hall provides a small grandstand on one side of the court.
    — Catherine Porter James Hill, New York Times, 25 July 2023
  • This in itself is a good thing, to keep watch on the legislature and city hall.
    — Subramaniam Vincent, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • In the past, residents had to make time to pay in person at city hall, but not any more.
    — cleveland, 25 Sep. 2020
  • That means everything from schools to DMV offices to courts and city halls will be shut down for the day.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Activists held a rally about eight blocks from the clinic that stands across the street from city hall.
    — Nicole Chavez, CNN, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Images from the scene showed a bullet-riddled city hall.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Check with your local city hall to make sure when trash pickup will be.
    — Cameron Fields, cleveland, 2 July 2021
  • The sessions will be held in the council chambers of city hall Thursday at 1 p.m. and then again at 6 p.m.
    — James Whitlow, baltimoresun.com, 9 Sep. 2020
  • In the city park, right across from city hall, all these people came out—high school friends, some of my teachers.
    — Judy Berman, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The bottom line: How the battle over fluoride plays out could be a litmus test over how much influence a Trump White House can exert on local city halls.
    — Asher Price, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Murakami’s training in disaster response had taught him that after a major earthquake, Rikuzentakata could be hit with a tsunami high enough to flood the first floor of city hall.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025

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