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

Never so poignantly had he felt the insistence of the carpe diem.

From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward