orient

Example Sentences

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It ended after the spacecrafts ran out of fuel and were no longer able to orient themselves toward the Sun.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

With each track, it takes us a moment to orient ourselves to each perspective, figure out who is speaking and what they want.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

Although the overall structure of the cells remained intact, these small abnormalities may be enough to permanently alter how cells orient themselves during division.

From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025

The director also leans nicely into interstitial shots that orient us without attitude, while her choice of music, led by Lesley Barber’s lilting score, is a real mood-setter of romance and melancholy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025

He had taken part in a meeting of union leaders and had been commissioned, along with Colonel Gavilán, to mingle in the crowd and orient it according to how things went.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez