Sentence examples for seizing time from inspiring English sources

Young Pip turned up trumps ("Pass me the wrench!"), the vicar was a tower of strength ("We have plenty of candles!"), Adam and Charlie had a tender moment down a drain ("Reach my hand! I'm not going to leave you!") and Roy, seizing time by the forelock, coaxed the lady of the manor into taking her clothes off again ("Elizabeth, you are soaking!").

Probably the most feasible and easily implemented approach to reaping the benefits of downtime is to seize time off regularly, whenever you can.

What is bountifully clear about Ms. Mann's staging is the seizing of time standing still and the sadness of time moving on.

Almost all the males of the family were seized from time to time by bouts of uncontrollable fury that bordered on insanity.

It often happens that after dancers announce their retirement, they start to perform with renewed enthusiasm, seizing the time that remains and basking in it.

Ryan was a teen-ager when his father died, something that undoubtedly influences his thinking on the importance of seizing the time that can be spent with one's children.

"You have to seize the time," he said.

You have to seize that time, because people will forget you quickly.

Patrice Lumumba and Stokely Carmichael, 'Seize the Time' by Bobby Seale and 'Soledad Brother' by George Jackson.

The Camorra – Italy's oldest mafia organisation, dating back to Spanish rule in Naples – watched and seized the time.

As a format, it was fairly stupefying, and what it mostly demonstrated was which candidate came prepared to seize the time.