get lost

Example Sentences

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Law is, as legal scholars and commentators have long recognized, both a refuge for those seeking to escape abuses of power and a trap in which their claims of justice get lost in a maze of statutory intricacies.

From Slate

Many dogs are microchipped so they can be identified more easily if they run off or get lost.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Sometimes in this day and age of analytics and all that stuff you can kind of get lost in that sometimes. Not to say forget about it, but I think the more you can just play baseball how it’s supposed to be played, move guys over, situational hitting, things you grew up doing, if we can kind of keep that style and play hard and all that, I like our chances.”

From Los Angeles Times

Some of the other refugees back down on the main road were shouting out after us, telling us we would get lost in the forest.

From Literature

“You never want it to get lost why you’re doing this, whatever that why is,” DeRosa said.

From Los Angeles Times