How to Use seize the day in a Sentence
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This can be applied to any area of your life, so seize the day.
—Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 Dec. 2025
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If seeking new clients or a better-paying job, seize the day!
—Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 28 July 2024
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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
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In this situation, the phrase carpe diem (seize the day) comes to mind.
—Bob MacDonald, Forbes, 2 June 2022
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To seize the day, to lament, to mourn, to be nostalgic, to be proactive.
—Dan Snierson, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2022
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Time to wriggle out of your cozy sleeping sock and seize the day, like this little chick has.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 30 Apr. 2021
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Go out and seize the day without letting let anxiety rule your life.
—Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
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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
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One factor is the pandemic, which lit a fire under some people to seize the day.
—The Week Staff, The Week, 22 July 2023
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Some people love to seize the day with an early morning run; others squeeze in some gym time on their lunch break.
—Kells McPhillips, Fortune Well, 8 Oct. 2023
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Great movie performances are about actors who seize the day with every fiber of their being.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Oct. 2021
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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
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Gabrielle Union never fails to seize the day with a fabulous hairstyle.
—Chelsea Avila, Allure, 15 Nov. 2022
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After everything New York has been through, no one needs to be told to seize the day.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 20 May 2021
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One goal of the Russian buildup is to seize the day economically as the ocean thaws.
—New York Times, 22 May 2021
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Now, tailgating and attending home games, or gathering elsewhere, could seize the day.
—Mike Bass, The Enquirer, 30 July 2021
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Each zodiac sign will be granted a glimmer in a particular area of their life, so seize the day and focus on where your luck will be!
—Kyle Thomas, People.com, 16 Feb. 2025
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Biden’s hero, FDR, was the perfect example of how a leader in crisis was able to seize the day.
—Michael Sheldrick, Forbes, 5 July 2022
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Inspired by the teachings of Paulo Coelho’s Alchemist, the besties decide to seize the day.
—Vulture, 19 Dec. 2022
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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
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Go for a bike ride or scuba diving on Šolta island and seize the day (and night) with a party at Carpe Diem Beach.
—Carole Rosenblat, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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Inspirational scribbles from baristas have never inspired me, but HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill was moved by a Starbucks cup to seize the day while landing in Minnesota.
—John Wilkerson, STAT, 15 Jan. 2026
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