lose one's way

Example Sentences

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Borrow’s is a wonderful book for one to lose one’s way in, among the dense undergrowth, but it is a still grander book for the reader to lose himself in. 

From Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 by Seccombe, Thomas

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

The best example of storm causing one to lose one's way is the experience of Miss Victoria Broughm, the first woman to climb Long's Peak alone.

From A Mountain Boyhood by Comstock, Enos B. (Enos Benjamin)

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)

"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