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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New Atlas, 27 Apr. 2025
The road to succeeding in school athletics has always seemed more like a maze than a path.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
But even then, the film not only drew me to him as a character but also to the complex emotional mazes of his parents.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Some of the planet’s largest golden dorado—nicknamed river tigers for their fight—push into the marshy maze of gin-clear channels, lagoons, and streams from October through April.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Then, wearing a VR headset, the participants used a joystick to navigate through a three-dimensional maze with landmark clues to find a treasure chest at the end.
—New Atlas, 27 Apr. 2025
The road to succeeding in school athletics has always seemed more like a maze than a path.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
But even then, the film not only drew me to him as a character but also to the complex emotional mazes of his parents.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Some of the planet’s largest golden dorado—nicknamed river tigers for their fight—push into the marshy maze of gin-clear channels, lagoons, and streams from October through April.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for maze
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“Maze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maze. Accessed 1 May. 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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