How to Use seize the day in a Sentence

seize the day

idiom

• To seize the day, to lament, to mourn, to be nostalgic, to be proactive.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2022
• All things come to him who waits, but time and tide wait for no man, seize the day and strike while the iron is hot.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2021
• In this situation, the phrase carpe diem (seize the day) comes to mind.
  — Bob MacDonald, Forbes, 2 June 2022
• But the ones who succeeded were those who were able to adapt to what happened on the track and seize the day.
  — Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 18 June 2019
• Time to wriggle out of your cozy sleeping sock and seize the day, like this little chick has.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 30 Apr. 2021
• One goal of the Russian buildup is to seize the day economically as the ocean thaws.
  — New York Times, 22 May 2021
• If that is the case, seize the day and move where there’s space for your strengths and opportunities to make change.
  — Ashley Grice, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2021
• Inspired by the teachings of Paulo Coelho’s Alchemist, the besties decide to seize the day.
  — Vulture, 19 Dec. 2022
• Go out and seize the day without letting let anxiety rule your life.
  — Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
• Great movie performances are about actors who seize the day with every fiber of their being.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Oct. 2021
• The emotional anthem is the lead song off the septet’s second CD single and depicts the resolve by a group that overcame various hardships to seize the day.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2022
• Ella returns to school with a brand new perspective, excitement for what the future holds, and a major seize the day mentality.
  — Rodney Ho, ajc, 28 Aug. 2022
• Whether that’s a case of dwindling attention spans or a tendency to seize the day after being continuously reminded of our own morality is up for debate.
  — Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2021
• Historians used to believe that the Roaring Twenties were the rebound from the Great War, but some scholars now consider the pandemic an equally significant factor in the rush to seize the day, to defy fear and death, whether consciously or not.
  — Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post, 1 May 2021

Last Updated: 10 Aug 2024