lose one's way

Example Sentences

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It was a strange place in which it was easy to lose one's way.

From Stubble by Looms, George

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

To lose one's way is--so it seems to me--nothing else but the giving up of prayer.

From The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus by Teresa, of Avila, Saint

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

Mme. d'Abrantès, with her usual veracity, describes the luxurious furniture and huge lamps in the "labyrinths of Tournebut, of which one must, as it were, have a plan, so as not to lose one's way."

From The House of the Combrays by Le Notre, G., [pseud.]