carpe diem
Example Sentences
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“It was carpe diem, seize the day,” said Josh in an interview earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
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
It’s a carpe diem festival — a reminder of impermanence, as the petals shatter and drop.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2022
I wanted to be Nuwanda, urging him to carpe diem.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2021
It passes from a reflection on "the dreary fuimus of all things here" to the advice— But "carpe diem," Juan, "carpe, carpe!"
From Byron by John Nichol
