carpe diem
Example Sentences
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The girl’s name comes from carpe diem, as in Kenna’s vow to seize the child she never got to hold, but the script has the restraint not to make a big standing-on-a-desk speech about that.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
Like a variation on the local notion, “the mountain’s out,” the brand embodies a carpe diem attitude.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2023
A tattoo in Latin on his right arms reads "carpe diem", or "seize the day".
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2022
Plus, the wiser part of me knows that all this carpe diem business is better suited for those with brighter health outlooks than my brothers and me.
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2021
It is the carpe diem religion; but the carpe diem religion is not the religion of happy people, but of very unhappy people.
From Heretics by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
