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
Still, she wrote, “the message of ‘Rent’ isn’t just a glib carpe diem but a resounding declaration of ‘stand with your community despite’ and ‘make art despite.’
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2023
It’s a carpe diem festival — a reminder of impermanence, as the petals shatter and drop.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2022
A great deal of his best poetry is merely a variation on carpe diem.
From Old and New Masters by Robert Lynd
