lose one's way
Example Sentences
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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
A fall that dazes one even for a few minutes is liable to befuddle one as to direction and cause one to lose one's way.
From A Mountain Boyhood by Comstock, Enos B. (Enos Benjamin)
It is so easy to lose one’s way - when one is young.’
From In Kedar's Tents by Merriman, Henry Seton
"He's no doubt afraid that I shall lose myself," said she, "this is all so vast that it would be easy to lose one's way."
From The Barber of Paris by Kock, Charles Paul de
These verily are the refinements and ecstasies of method—amid which, or certainly under the influence of any exhilarated demonstration of which, one must keep one's head and not lose one's way.
From The Ambassadors by James, Henry
