mazed; mazing
1
a
: a confusing intricate network of passages
b
: something confusingly elaborate or complicated
a maze of regulations
2
chiefly dialectal
: a state of bewilderment
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Examples of maze in a Sentence
Verb
I'm completely mazed by the multitude of plans for health insurance.
Noun
The experiment measured the time it took for a mouse to find its way through a maze to get its reward of cheese.
The school is a maze of classrooms.
a maze of rules and regulations
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
In a haze of chiaroscuro images, the film envisions post-Thatcher society as a maze of sociological, ideological, and financial dead ends.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
Christmas Market At Hilton Anatole Dallas locals and visitors can experience a Bavarian Village packed with local vendors and seasonal activities like a Christmas Tree maze, Ferris Wheel and other family activities including snacks, drinks and a 40-ft burlap slide.
—Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Between the lines: Enchant Christmas, which is renowned as the world's largest Christmas light maze, designed the local event.
—Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
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Noun
In the 10-minute sequence, Miller presents a dark, volatile and gory sequence of creepy humanoid-like Pac-Man who must move through a maze by brutally annihilating everything in sight.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
In a haze of chiaroscuro images, the film envisions post-Thatcher society as a maze of sociological, ideological, and financial dead ends.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
Christmas Market At Hilton Anatole Dallas locals and visitors can experience a Bavarian Village packed with local vendors and seasonal activities like a Christmas Tree maze, Ferris Wheel and other family activities including snacks, drinks and a 40-ft burlap slide.
—Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Between the lines: Enchant Christmas, which is renowned as the world's largest Christmas light maze, designed the local event.
—Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Maze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maze. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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maze
noun
: a path complicated by at least one blind alley and used in learning experiments and in intelligence tests
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