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Definition of Lostness
1. the state of being lost [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lostness
Literary usage of Lostness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, Sir W Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1885)
"But the points of the comparison for the sake of which these illustrative instances
are introduced are simply the lostness of the ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1902)
"It appeared to be prompted by a feeling of loneliness, lostness, strangeness and
hunger, and to be given as a call to learn the whereabouts of others of his ..."
3. Deeper Reading: Comprehending Challenging Texts, 4-12 by Kelly Gallagher (2004)
"These degrees of lostness can also be applied to readers. When reading a challenging
work, students often can sense that they are getting lost. ..."
4. Poetry as a Representative Art: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics by George Lansing Raymond (1899)
"His view is that conscience is the sense of conflict between bodily and mental
desires, . . . therefore, not a guide; it is only a sense of lostness in the ..."
5. The Essentials of æsthetics in Music, Poetry, Painting, Sculpture and by George Lansing Raymond (1921)
"His view is that conscience is the sense of conflict between bodily and mental
desires, . . , therefore, not a guide; it is only a sense of lostness in the ..."
6. The Works of Thomas Shepard: First Pastor of the First Church, Cambridge by Thomas Shepard (1853)
"... some to mourning, poverty, faith, hunger, lostness, etc.; now, if there should
be no difference between seeming works in hypocrites and these, then, 1. ..."
7. Ethics and Natural Law: A Reconstructive Review of Moral Philosophy Applied by George Lansing Raymond (1920)
"His view is that conscience is the sense of conflict between bodily and mental
desires, . . . therefore, not a guide; it is only a sense of lostness in the ..."
8. The Christian View of God and the World as Centring in the Incarnation by James Orr (1893)
"... the evil and guilt of his former state will appear in a deeper dye ; the more
emphatically will he condemn it as one of lostness and shame. ..."
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