How to Use solstice in a Sentence

solstice

noun

• It’s the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year.
  — cleveland, 21 Dec. 2022
• The winter solstice is the point where the path of the sun in the sky is farthest south.
  — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2024
• And the winter solstice, or the shortest day of the year, will be on Dec. 21.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 22 Sep. 2022
• When is the first day of summer?:Here's what to know about the summer solstice.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 10 June 2022
• On the winter solstice, the sun sets to the southwest of the stone circle.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2023
• June 21, the summer solstice, is the longest day of the year.
  — Sarah Michels, The Enquirer, 17 June 2021
• Once the solstice is reached, the days will slowly get longer.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2019
• The shortest day of the year marks the winter solstice, the first day of winter.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2024
• The shortest day of the year marks the winter solstice, the first day of winter.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2024
• The summer solstice is the day with the longest daylight hours of the year.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 20 June 2024
• The shortest day of the year is the first day of winter, or the winter solstice.
  — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Nov. 2024
• On the summer solstice, the Sun appears highest in the sky for the year.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 22 June 2021
• The solstice is upon us, but the heat causes some of us to fuss.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
• Wednesday marks the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year.
  — Heard Editors, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2022
• Spring lasts from the end of March until the summer solstice mid-June.
  — Katie Wiseman, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
• It's marked by the winter solstice and is also the shortest day of the year.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 18 Dec. 2024
• The winter solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year.
  — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2024
• The winter solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year.
  — Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2020
• The summer solstice occurs when the sun is at its highest point in the sky.
  — Doyle Rice, The Courier-Journal, 21 June 2023
• Then at the height of Adam’s despair came the winter solstice.
  — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 1 Jan. 2021
• Time seemed frozen as the near-solstice sun hung high in the sky, a gentle wind nudging the beach.
  — oregonlive, 23 June 2021
• The show culminates with the arrival of the solstice puppet.
  — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2022
• The shortest day of the year is Tuesday:Here's what to know about the winter solstice.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2021
• The winter solstice, which occurs on Dec. 21 or 22, is the shortest day of the year.
  — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2021
• Adding to the heat is the sun’s high position in the sky around the solstice, which just passed a week before the heat wave.
  — oregonlive, 1 July 2021
• Later, the evening news was touting the summer solstice and the longest day of the year.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2019
• Around the summer solstice, the maximum height of the full moon in the midnight hour is the lowest of the year.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 23 June 2024
• And like Stonehenge, Waun Mawn appears to have been aligned with the solstice.
  — National Geographic, 19 July 2022
• The morning after the solstice dinner, the girls go looking for Mari.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 14 Feb. 2025
• Ancient Egyptians marked the winter solstice and the seasonal changes brought by the flood season.
  — Avery Keatley, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025