Sentences with 'orient'
Example sentences and phrases with the word orient and other words derived from it.
• « It is also possible that birds flying in flocks help each other to orient themselves. "If a goose or cormorant sees something familiar," Hamilton explains, "it may take the lead and change course. Thus alerted, the flock follows the temporary leader and stays on course. »
• « Since ancient times it has been known that a magnetised needle, suspended by its centre of gravity, always points in the same direction. Although this was used by man to orient himself, he never knew the reason or the cause of this phenomenon. »
• « Although cetaceans have a poorly developed sense of sight, they are able to orient themselves by emitting acoustic waves that crash and bounce off coastal features. When the waves return to the animal, they inform it precisely about distances and sizes. »