lose one's way
Example Sentences
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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
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
It would not be a pleasant experience to lose one's way, and, perhaps, stumble by mistake on Master Quinton Edge's front door.
From The Doomsman by Sutphen, Van Tassel
"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
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)
