How to Use solstice in a Sentence

solstice

noun
Definition of solsticenext
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • This year's winter solstice brings a rare sight to our night skies.
    — Ashley Shaffer, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • And during the winter solstice, the sun sets at the monument’s southwesternmost point, behind the nearby Moctezuma Peak and Chiconautla Hill.
    — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2024
  • While a solstice occurs when Earth’s axis is titled such that one of the planet’s hemispheres receives the maximum sunlight and the other its minimum, an equinox is the halfway point between them.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024

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