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In literature, the word “disoriented” is used to evoke a multifaceted sense of confusion that can be physical, temporal, or psychological. Characters may be depicted as experiencing a disruption in their ability to perceive or interact with their surroundings—for instance, when someone is unable to determine how they appear or navigate through a snowstorm ([1], [2]). At times, it highlights an altered mental state, as seen in portrayals of patients losing their sense of time or place ([3], [4]), while in other contexts it reflects a momentary lapse in clarity or a state of being overwhelmed by environmental forces ([5], [6]). Whether it is used to illustrate the chaotic aftermath of a crisis or the internal struggle with one's own identity, “disoriented” serves as a powerful literary device to underscore vulnerability and a fragmented sense of self ([7], [8]).
  1. The fact was, he still felt too disoriented to think about how he must look.
    — from Project Cyclops by Thomas Hoover
  2. On May 15 we were somewhat disoriented while trying to make a landfall in a blinding snowstorm, and groped about for several hours before
    — from The First Landing on Wrangel IslandWith Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants by Irving C. (Irving Collins) Rosse
  3. 75 min. Still disoriented in time; retrogressive amnesia over 3 days.
    — from Trials of War Criminals before the Nuernberg Military Tribunals under Control Council Law No. 10, Volume I by Various
  4. When examined in the clinic, he seemed to be disoriented for time.
    — from Shell-Shock and Other Neuropsychiatric ProblemsPresented in Five Hundred and Eighty-nine Case Histories from the War Literature, 1914-1918 by Elmer Ernest Southard
  5. He looked disoriented, the deer in the headlights.
    — from Life Blood by Thomas Hoover
  6. He looked like a man near defeat— exhausted, even disoriented.
    — from Project Cyclops by Thomas Hoover
  7. I sensed that the entire left lobe, disoriented by the loss of the eye, had slipped now to secondary awareness, its defenses weakened.
    — from A Trace of Memory by Keith Laumer
  8. The world disoriented itself and I was on the floor of the somber diner and Miss Vivian Casey was out of sight and scent.
    — from Confidence Game by Jim Harmon

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