lose one's way
Example Sentences
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"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
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
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
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
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)
