Directions example sentences
Related (12): instruction, guidance, route, path, navigation, map, compass, waypoint, itinerary, course, bearing, heading
"Directions" Example Sentences
Common Phrases
- give directions
- ask for directions
- follow directions
- directions to
- turn-by-turn directions
- clear directions
- step-by-step directions
- written directions
- verbal directions
- directions included
- directions say
- lost without directions
Examples by Level
A1
- I need directions to the station.
- Can you give me directions please?
A2
- She asked for directions because she didn't know the way.
- The directions on the box were very simple and easy to follow.
B1
- I've been following these directions for twenty minutes and I'm pretty sure I'm lost.
- He ignored all the directions and did it his own way — naturally, it fell apart.
B2
- Nobody reads the directions anymore — everyone just figures it out as they go.
- The directions to the venue were so unclear that we arrived an hour late.
C1
- She'd been given explicit directions, yet somehow managed to arrive at entirely the wrong location.
- The tendency to disregard written directions in favor of intuition often leads to predictable chaos.
C2
- There's a particular stubbornness in refusing to ask for directions — less about pride, perhaps, than about the need to believe oneself capable of finding one's own way.
- The irony wasn't lost on him: he'd spent his career giving directions to others while remaining fundamentally lost himself.
Examples by Scenario
🏠 Everyday Life
- I need directions to the nearest hospital — my GPS just died.
- My mom always asks for directions instead of using GPS, which drives me crazy.
💼 Workplace
- The teacher wrote directions on the board, but half the class wasn't paying attention.
- I gave him clear directions three times and he still went the wrong way.
📊 Business
- The directions for the new software were written by someone who'd never used it.
- The company's strategic directions shifted completely after the merger.
🛒 Buying / Shopping
- The package came with directions in five different languages.
- I printed out directions before I left, but I left them on the kitchen table.
✈️ Travel
- I asked three different people for directions and got three different answers.
- The hiking trail directions were marked with arrows, but half of them had fallen down.
📚 Education
- The teacher's directions for the assignment were confusing, so everyone did something different.
- She followed the recipe directions exactly and somehow still burned it.
❤️ Relationships
- He's been driving for thirty years and still refuses to ask for directions.
- We got lost because neither of us wanted to admit we needed directions.
📰 News / Politics
- The government announced new directions for climate policy next quarter.
- The senator's directions to his staff were leaked to the press.
💻 Technology
- The GPS gave me directions that would've taken me through a river.
- The app provides turn-by-turn directions in real time.
📝 Formal Writing
- The study provided clear directions for future research in the field.
- Detailed directions for implementation are outlined in the appendix.