sense of direction
Example Sentences
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On overcast days, when the sun was hidden, pigeons that lacked the macrophages lost their sense of direction and had difficulty navigating home.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
I didn’t have a sense of direction, always felt lost.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Ministers tell me that Downing Street is being run more effectively than before Christmas and has a clearer sense of direction, after early embarrassment over being far less prepared than promised.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2025
Surrounded on all sides by a continuous oppressive chorus of cicadas and the mountain ranges making up the Altar Valley, you quickly lose any sense of direction.
From Salon • Oct. 4, 2024
Her sense of direction, usually flawless underground, became completely unmoored.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
