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

Last Updated: 6 Oct 2024