lose one's way

Example Sentences

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But it is easy to lose one's way upon a mountain-peak, and the hills presented no clear definition to me.

From Jacqueline of Golden River by Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen)

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

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

From In Kedar's Tents by Merriman, Henry Seton

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.]

Once the lay-out of New York has been mastered—its avenues and numbered cross streets—it is the most difficult city in the world in which to lose one's way.

From Roving East and Roving West by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)