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
• 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
• 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
• The summer solstice occurs when the sun is at its highest point in the sky.
  — Doyle Rice, The Courier-Journal, 21 June 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Why is the hottest weather later in the summer and not around the time of the summer solstice or the longest day of the year?
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 20 July 2023
• The first week in August marks the midway between the summer solstice and the fall equinox.
  — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 1 Aug. 2022
• The change of seasons are marked by solstices or equinoxes.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2024
• The days are still very short in the weeks following the winter solstice, and the sun angle is still low.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2023
• Full Moons are opposite the Sun, so a full Moon near the summer solstice will be low in the sky.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 22 June 2021
• June 21 is the summer solstice, the longest day and shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
  — Justin Grieser, Washington Post, 19 June 2022
• So why does my depression flare up in the run-up to the summer solstice?
  — Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 15 July 2024
• The spirits live in the seeps and springs of the peaks, traveling to Hopi kivas at the winter solstice.
  — AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2021
• The winter solstice – the shortest daylight day of the year – is Wednesday, Dec. 21.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 22 Aug. 2022
• That means that over centuries, the dates of solstices and equinoxes shift slightly before shifting back.
  — New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2024
• A day after summer solstice, the daylight lasted almost 20 hours.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024