How to Use carpe diem in a Sentence

carpe diem

noun
  • The fountains of Rome, the Pillars of Hercules, carpe diem, and all that.
    Lorraine Allen, Travel + Leisure, 13 Dec. 2020
  • In this situation, the phrase carpe diem (seize the day) comes to mind.
    Bob MacDonald, Forbes, 2 June 2022
  • The Detroit Red Wings have a carpe diem and carpe Devils approach to the final game of the season.
    Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2022
  • After all, what better way to carpe diem than dressed in head-to-toe Fendi?
    Zoe Ruffner, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Now is the time to embrace a carpe diem philosophy at warp speed.
    Chris Carosa, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Greco-Roman deities had tended to favour a carpe diem approach, and to celebrate the proud.
    The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019
  • 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.
    New York Times, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The antidote to most existential woes is indeed gratitude, along with a healthy dose of carpe diem, and that comes across loud and clear.
    Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Episode one begins with Gianni Versace (Édgar Ramírez) opening his eyes to carpe diem.
    Emilia Petrarca, The Cut, 18 Jan. 2018
  • There’s never a perfect time to do IVF or have a baby, not even when there isn’t an ongoing global pandemic, so carpe diem.
    Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Not wishing to see his errors repeated, his message to Elio was an encouraging carpe diem, boys.
    Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Aspirational selfies were on the menu this week, with the best beauty Instagrams proving that self-facing snaps are a matter of carpe diem—after all, the better the backdrop, the more memorable the moment.
    Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 20 May 2018
  • Saviano credits her own carpe diem spirit and fascination with storytelling to them.
    Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2021
  • When Smith spoke to your entire team, his message had a carpe diem theme, reminding you to enjoy each step of the journey, to embrace opportunity, to stay present with an understanding that nothing in the future is promised.
    Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 19 Aug. 2021
  • With the free-agent market frozen in an unprecedented ice age of inactivity by major-league clubs, perhaps the Brewers merely decided carpe diem was the proper course at this juncture.
    Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2018
  • With the free-agent market frozen in an unprecedented ice age of inactivity by major-league clubs, perhaps the Brewers merely decided carpe diem was the proper course at this juncture.
    Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2018
  • For some couples, moving in together on relatively brief acquaintance seems like an eminently logical next step in the relationship at a time when making a connection has taken on a singular, almost wartime, carpe diem urgency.
    Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2020

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