How to Use orient in a Sentence

orient

1 of 3 verb
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  • Orient the map so that north is at the top.
  • The house is oriented so that it faces west.
  • The program is intended to orient students toward a career in medicine.
  • There is a short guide to orient you to the map and some of its functions.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 6 Jan. 2023
  • It’s a word or phrase to hold in your heart and orient your flow.
    — Catherine Mevs, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Print a trail map as a backup, and use the compass to orient your map.
    — Ashley Mateo, Health.com, 27 May 2021
  • To help further orient him, the center of the lake was clearly marked by a buoy.
    — Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2021
  • Then orient the pieces so that the wood grain of each piece is pointing in the same direction.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2021
  • The ceilings are marked with numbers and QR codes to help the robots orient themselves.
    — Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2022
  • But a large share of this year’s fest events are theater oriented.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2023
  • Remember to bring a map and know how to orient yourself.
    — Julie Corliss, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023
  • The chorus orients the song in the waters of Defcee’s For All Debts…, where the power of a dollar loomed large.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2023
  • And Josh started looking at the moon, trying to use it as a way to orient ourselves and get back to our car.
    — John Ortved, Vogue, 27 July 2021
  • The soldiers did not even have time to orient their guns before they were found by a Russian drone.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 May 2022
  • On Earth, Minkara uses a white cane to help orient herself and navigate the world.
    — Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Inside, get oriented with a giant aerial map of the city streets and canals.
    — Sunshine Flint, Travel + Leisure, 25 Nov. 2023
  • In the past twenty years alone, the ubiquity of G.P.S.-enabled maps has all but eradicated the need to orient on our own.
    — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Teachers started with the basics: how to orient and hold a book, and where the names of the author and illustrator could be found.
    — New York Times, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Regardless, using a night sky app can help you get oriented and find where the comet should be.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Aside from Main Street, the best way to orient yourself is to look to the mountains, particularly the main ski mountain to the west behind the town.
    — Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2021
  • As part of the redesign, Kuma reconfigured the layout to orient each room’s views to the garden.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Simply orient yourself to put some sort of screen between that bright moon and your vantage point.
    — Eric MacK, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Moths use the Earth’s magnetic field to orient themselves on journeys of hundreds of miles.
    — WIRED, 16 Mar. 2023
  • We are taught to orient a huge chunk of our existence around becoming a bride.
    — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The ride’s building and queue were adjusted to be oriented to Toy Story Land, which opened in 2018.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Or maybe twenty years is enough time to orient oneself to the band’s unique cosmology.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Was there anything specific that helped orient you around who Sharon is now?
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Thus, a bird in flight might focus on a chorus of frogs in a pond far below in order to orient itself and correct for drift.
    — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Situated at the end of a marina, the home is oriented towards Biscayne Bay with a large pool and spa, a water fountain, a koi pond, and ample lawn space.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2024
  • These are roughly credit-card-size images (3.4 inches x 2.1 inches) and are vertically oriented with a larger border on the short side.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
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orient

2 of 3 noun
  • Drawings are never easy to present to the public, but the video orients visitors who know the fresco.
    — Cammy Brothers, WSJ, 14 June 2019
  • The way our brain orients to making music on a guitar is just different to a keyboard layout.
    — Dan Kopf, Quartz, 30 Jan. 2020
  • The woman, Janie Marshall, grabbed onto another patient’s IV pole to regain her balance and orient herself, the police said.
    — New York Times, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Day-to-day politics is of intrinsic interest for us political animals, and the issues of the day orient much or most of our political reflection.
    — Daniel J. Mahoney, National Review, 28 Dec. 2020
  • The culture of the political press orients individual practitioners toward their professional peers, rather than towards the users, or even towards the news.
    — Ezra Klein, Vox, 22 Oct. 2018
  • Miljure recruits, orients and manages volunteers and community organizations who work to help brighten patients’ days.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Drawings are never easy to present to the public, but the video orients visitors who know the fresco.
    — Cammy Brothers, WSJ, 14 June 2019
  • The way our brain orients to making music on a guitar is just different to a keyboard layout.
    — Dan Kopf, Quartz, 30 Jan. 2020
  • The woman, Janie Marshall, grabbed onto another patient’s IV pole to regain her balance and orient herself, the police said.
    — New York Times, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Day-to-day politics is of intrinsic interest for us political animals, and the issues of the day orient much or most of our political reflection.
    — Daniel J. Mahoney, National Review, 28 Dec. 2020
  • The culture of the political press orients individual practitioners toward their professional peers, rather than towards the users, or even towards the news.
    — Ezra Klein, Vox, 22 Oct. 2018
  • Miljure recruits, orients and manages volunteers and community organizations who work to help brighten patients’ days.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Drawings are never easy to present to the public, but the video orients visitors who know the fresco.
    — Cammy Brothers, WSJ, 14 June 2019
  • The way our brain orients to making music on a guitar is just different to a keyboard layout.
    — Dan Kopf, Quartz, 30 Jan. 2020
  • The woman, Janie Marshall, grabbed onto another patient’s IV pole to regain her balance and orient herself, the police said.
    — New York Times, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Day-to-day politics is of intrinsic interest for us political animals, and the issues of the day orient much or most of our political reflection.
    — Daniel J. Mahoney, National Review, 28 Dec. 2020
  • The culture of the political press orients individual practitioners toward their professional peers, rather than towards the users, or even towards the news.
    — Ezra Klein, Vox, 22 Oct. 2018
  • Miljure recruits, orients and manages volunteers and community organizations who work to help brighten patients’ days.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 18 Dec. 2019
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orient

3 of 3 adjective
  • The bats swirl, orient, and then form a river of life in the sky.
    — National Geographic, 21 June 2019
  • Put food on the tray that slides in and out of the center of the tube, and orient it towards the sun.
    — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2017
  • Take some time each day to be still and orient to the present moment.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2023
  • For pieces of wood that are long and slender, such as a 2 by 12, orient the lumber with its edge against the force.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2016
  • Each uses the sound of the city to orient and steady himself, finding peace in its tumult.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Vertically orient the lens inside the phone, and use a periscope-like prism to let in light.
    — Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2019
  • The city, once the pearl of the orient, was totally destroyed – shelling and street-to-street fighting left little standing.
    — Fox News, 5 Mar. 2020
  • But there was no particular pressure to change stuff or orient it one way or the other,’’ Hertzberg said.
    — Mike Stobbe, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • But, to really change how people orient to others takes a long time.
    — Katherine Nails, Philly.com, 10 July 2018
  • The builder, which caters to people who want a new home on acreage, maintains a one-stop design studio to customize its house plans and orient windows to capture the best views.
    — Jeastman, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The idea was to re-orient research toward local priorities—sea ice high among them.
    — Matthew Halliday/undark, Popular Science, 29 May 2020
  • Across the country, and in many parts of the globe, those who did not have to be on-site somewhere used their extra time without the commute and travel to re-orient, re-engage, and re-focus on themselves.
    — David Rock, Forbes, 2 June 2021
  • Hoping to orient jurors, prosecutors called to the stand an expert in extremism, who offered a primer on both Antifa and the Proud Boys.
    — Colin Moynihan, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Some cities offer guidance to orient travelers to their creative sides.
    — New York Times, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Just move with an alert and curious demeanor, find trusted locals to orient and guide you, when appropriate, and the city will respond in kind.
    — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
  • This generates what Apple calls a world map, which can be used to position and orient objects, apply lighting and shadows to them, and much more.
    — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 16 June 2018
  • There could also be substantial costs for automakers to re-orient supply chains to comply with Trump’s rules-of-origin changes.
    — Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg.com, 27 Oct. 2017
  • It’s time we re-orient goals or OKRs to align with this new thinking around best people practices and to create an aligned sense of purpose across the entire organization.
    — Beth Thornton, Forbes, 21 June 2021
  • Knowing buildings are there isn't critical, but showing them in outline helps orient passengers in the world.
    — Mark Bergen, Bloomberg.com, 16 May 2017
  • Staff members use adjectives rather than titles to orient readers.
    — Erin Geiger Smith, WSJ, 10 July 2017
  • With these tools in hand, orient yourself by finding a familiar constellation overhead and settle down for your search.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 28 July 2023
  • Denali State Park is sometimes confused with the national park of the same name, so a stop at the impressive interpretive center and day-use area helps orient visitors.
    — Erin Kirkland, Alaska Dispatch News, 4 July 2017
  • If fuel can't power the thrusters that make sure both probes orient their antennae toward Earth, engineers wouldn't be able to receive data or communicate with the probes.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Back-to-school nights are meant to welcome and orient families to their kids’ schools, giving parents a chance to meet their kids’ teachers, and schools the opportunity to communicate their plans for the upcoming year.
    — Alia Wong, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Wind and solar patterns were analyzed to perfectly orient different elements of the home, such as lining up the solar panels set upon the garage.
    — Patrick Sisson, Curbed, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Even for novices, the series does lightning-quick Cliffs Notes to orient newcomers into this particular thread of the overarching story.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 22 Aug. 2023
  • If grown outside the uterus, the embryo cells don't receive essential signals from their environment that would help orient and guide their development.
    — Philip Ball, Scientific American, 18 Apr. 2023
  • During the following hour or two, the spacecraft will deploy its two cross-shaped solar-power arrays, orient itself with regards to the sun and establish contact with mission controllers on Earth.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2023
  • In the old store, some ceilings and walls are being removed to accommodate several indoor exhibits and information stations that will help orient visitors to the park.
    — Jennifer Conn, Akron Reporter, cleveland.com, 8 Jan. 2018
  • An engineer by background, Neri has been trying to re-orient HPE on engineering and innovation.
    — Susie Gharib, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2019

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