as in maze
a confusing and complicated arrangement of passages
we eventually realized that we were lost in the labyrinth of hallways in the museum
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Recent Examples of labyrinth
Each insurance company seems to have its own labyrinth of portals and billing procedures.
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Paulina Wierzbicka, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Deep beneath the Zagros Mountains in central Iran, in a labyrinth of fortified tunnels outside the city of Natanz, centrifuges spun at speeds too fast for the eye to track.
—Nik Popli, Time, 19 June 2025
The conveyor belt immediately whisked the child behind the wall and down a switchback labyrinth of belts moving bags throughout the terminal.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 31 May 2025
Instead, consumers could face a labyrinth of tedious forms and dense legalese, draining their time and wallets.
—Ivan Guzenko, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
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Paulina Wierzbicka, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Deep beneath the Zagros Mountains in central Iran, in a labyrinth of fortified tunnels outside the city of Natanz, centrifuges spun at speeds too fast for the eye to track.
—Nik Popli, Time, 19 June 2025
The conveyor belt immediately whisked the child behind the wall and down a switchback labyrinth of belts moving bags throughout the terminal.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 31 May 2025
Instead, consumers could face a labyrinth of tedious forms and dense legalese, draining their time and wallets.
—Ivan Guzenko, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for labyrinth
Recent Examples of Synonyms for labyrinth
maze
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That meant a grid of streets that over the years also became a maze of roads in winding subdivisions.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
8 July 2025
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Through a basement maze of whirring industrial equipment are mundane-looking doors that lead to the unexpected.—
Alina Hartounian,
NPR,
7 July 2025
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“Labyrinth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labyrinth. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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