lose one's bearings

1. see under get one's bearings.

Example Sentences

He evokes the city’s disorientating waterways and passageways: echoing places where one could easily lose one’s bearings at night.

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With interpretation left open, it was easy to lose one’s bearings and get lost in their sinister landscapes.

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It is easy to lose one’s bearings by over-emphasizing the importance of variation and exception.

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It is never pleasant to lose one's bearings,—and in the night and the cold and miles from any friendly habitation it is particularly hard to bear.

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Strolling through "From Eastern Han to High Tang: A Journey in Transculturation," it's easy to lose one's bearings.

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