sense of direction

Example Sentences

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I didn’t have a sense of direction, always felt lost.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

They credited the charity with giving them a sense of direction and belonging.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 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

Driving home from work on the day her life changed forever, Nicole McClure could feel her feet tingling and her sense of direction faltering.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2024

She can navigate by the stars, and by dead reckoning, but I think she learned to use her sense of direction properly because her granddad gave her a motorbike for her sixteenth birthday.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein