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
A tattoo in Latin on his right arms reads "carpe diem", or "seize the day".
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2022
It’s a carpe diem festival — a reminder of impermanence, as the petals shatter and drop.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 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
This Turkish poet’s maxim, it will be observed, was “enjoy the present day”—the carpe diem of Horace, the genial old pagan.
From Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers by Clouston, William Alexander
