on the Hill


A phrase referring to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., where Congress meets: “They're debating that nuclear waste issue on the Hill today.”

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How to use on the Hill in a sentence

  • Greenford, near Harrow-on-the-Hill, had quite recently a worthy inhabitant who was a gardener and presumably a beekeeper also.

    In Search Of Gravestones Old And Curious | W.T. (William Thomas) Vincent
  • A specimen of what may be turned in this line is to be seen on a tombstone in the picturesque churchyard of Harrow-on-the-Hill.

  • This time she had not called him "The Man-on-the-Hill," and there was no suggestion of playfulness in the note.

    Dennison Grant | Robert Stead
  • "You must hear my prayer, Uncle Man-on-the-Hill," said the boy.

    Dennison Grant | Robert Stead
  • Burleigh-on-the-Hill, the stately seat on which the first duke had lavished thousands, had been taken by the Roundheads.

    The Wits and Beaux of Society | Grace Wharton and Philip Wharton