lose one's way
Example Sentences
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It would not be a pleasant experience to lose one's way, and, perhaps, stumble by mistake on Master Quinton Edge's front door.
From The Doomsman by Sutphen, Van Tassel
It is so easy to lose one’s way - when one is young.’
From In Kedar's Tents by Merriman, Henry Seton
Early in our work upon the plains we learned how easy it is to lose one's way.
From Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' by Andrews, Roy Chapman
"Who can say that?" rejoined I; "it's no difficult matter to lose one's way in a dense forest, where the tracks are unknown."
From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James
The rich luxuriance of movements and of individual characters chokes our path; it is a labyrinth in which one may well lose one's way and fail to see the wood for the trees.
From Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies by Blore, George Henry