lose one's way

Example Sentences

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Then it is better to have a good compass—but better still not to lose one's way.

From On Commando by Van Warmelo, Dietlof

And Oscar said, “No; better freeze than lose one’s way, and——” They knew he was thinking of the shepherd lad and the Ugly Leap.

From The Heiress of Wyvern Court by Searchfield, Emilie

Nothing, indeed, is more common than to lose one's way in the steppes, nor is it at all necessary to that end that one should fall out of his sledge.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de

"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

It is so easy to lose one’s way - when one is young.’

From In Kedar's Tents by Merriman, Henry Seton