How to Use sense of direction in a Sentence

sense of direction

noun phrase
  • Your sense of direction may evolve overnight.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Jan. 2026
  • People with no sense of direction like me can change, though.
    — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 14 May 2024
  • Not much is known about the neural basis of our own sense of direction.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 Jan. 2026
  • In college, a friend of mine would always mock my sense of direction.
    — Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Not just with business targets, but with a sense of direction.
    — Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Just take careful steps and maintain a sense of direction … or else you may get lost along the way.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Let your sense of direction come from stillness, not pressure.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 9 Nov. 2025
  • On the rocks beneath there were no tawny lion forms whose odor would cause our dogs to lose their sense of direction.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
  • There are also signs posted along the trails that help give hikers a sense of direction.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • There are also signs posted along the trails that help give hikers a sense of direction.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • That suggested the iron-rich liver cells might play a role in their sense of direction.
    — ABC News, 28 May 2026
  • Your sense of direction is skewed during the moon’s clash with Neptune.
    — USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Purpose is a stable sense of direction.
    — Jen Agans, The Conversation, 8 May 2026
  • The small lights can sit atop a nightstand, an end table, or a bookshelf for a late-night sense of direction.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 18 Sep. 2025
  • On top of the frustration, this could leave you questioning your sense of direction.
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Capricorns love having a strong sense of direction and working hard towards their goals.
    — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Skeptics may point out that Venice is a series of islands and an easy place to lose your sense of direction.
    — John Branch, New York Times, 12 June 2023
  • As my physical energy waned, so too did my sense of direction and purpose.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 11 July 2023
  • Your clear sense of direction can help bring a vision into reality.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 27 June 2026
  • To make life a bit less confusing for all parties, and to provide a better sense of direction with future headaches.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 13 Mar. 2024
  • That structure, while demanding, provides a clear sense of direction.
    — Royce Ramey, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Rather, the glow might be interfering with their natural sense of direction.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
  • In both cases, maintaining a sense of direction — the challenge of the players fighting to get up — was key.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 29 Dec. 2024
  • But studying the sense of direction outside the lab, in an uncontrolled setting, can be even harder.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 Jan. 2026
  • But the video, at least, provides a sense of direction; something for investigators to home in on in their search for clues.
    — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
  • This gave her both a greater sense of direction and protected her mental health from the toll of unnecessary rejection.
    — Dilan Gomih, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
  • After a bloody civil war, that idea was persuasive to leaders seeking to give their young state a sense of direction and identity.
    — Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Back then, Wrexham was struggling in the lower echelons of the soccer system and lacked any sense of direction.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Still, the new prime minister’s performance in giving France a sense of direction and purpose will weigh on her chances of election.
    — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2024
  • And fortitude, focus, a good sense of direction, deep knowledge of the territory.
    — Megan Marshall september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025

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