If he meets with any sort of success at all, and frankly our agency doubts that he will, you will attempt to bring home to Crawford and his followers the fact that they are Americans, and orientate them in the direction of the West.
"Border, Breed Nor Birth"
Dallas McCord Reynolds
Then, too, emotional reasons governing the attention orientate it exclusively in one direction-these will be studied in the course of this work.
"Essay on the Creative Imagination"
Th. Ribot
He dared not open his mouth to scream lest he should be suffocated; he dared not put out his arm to search for the bell-rope lest he should be seized; he dared not hide beneath the blankets lest he should be kept there; he could do nothing except sit up trembling in a vain effort to orientate himself.
"The Altar Steps"
Compton MacKenzie