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
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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The New York Times, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The project, which has turned this stretch of road into a maddening maze of orange barrels and construction equipment since its debut in October 2022, is expected to fully wrap by late July.
—John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025
This house is a convoluted maze of abs and creatine.
—Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
With delays and a lack of easy access to products and other services, many people believe insurance is a maze of complexities nearly impossible to navigate.
—Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Through extremely dim, maddening office mazes, it’s discovered that McGovern’s mission is to find and interrogate Sean Mehndez, a family man addled by constant work for the autocratic Leviathan corporation.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The project, which has turned this stretch of road into a maddening maze of orange barrels and construction equipment since its debut in October 2022, is expected to fully wrap by late July.
—John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025
This house is a convoluted maze of abs and creatine.
—Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
With delays and a lack of easy access to products and other services, many people believe insurance is a maze of complexities nearly impossible to navigate.
—Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Maze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maze. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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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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