How to Use labyrinthine in a Sentence

labyrinthine

adjective
  • Tate called this labyrinthine project inevitable.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Down labyrinthine tunnels of pages, of words, of self.
    — Leila Chatti september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Cost increases of this kind come about via a labyrinthine procedure known as a rate case.
    — Nick Bowlin, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The interior was dark and gloomy and at turns cavernous and labyrinthine.
    — Anthony Flint, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2019
  • La Factoría is famed for its crafty cocktails, as well as the labyrinthine setup of the space.
    — Suzy Exposito, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 July 2025
  • The five sisters have lived together deep in the labyrinthine streets of Cabuyao for the last six decades.
    — Joseph Trinidad, Longreads, 16 June 2026
  • Left with just a base skillset, players will need to explore the labyrinthine world looking for upgrades and tools to use.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
  • But Tokyo and its labyrinthine alleys of stores were brand-new territory for her.
    — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Straightforward though this premise may be, Sacred Games is a labyrinthine show.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 12 July 2018
  • But the movie revolves, of course, around the guys planning and executing their labyrinthine heist.
    — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
  • Shops were closed, tourists were sleeping in, and the sun had not yet risen high enough to illuminate the narrow, labyrinthine streets.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • But finding your way into the city’s labyrinthine network of ravines and the steep stream and river valleys can be daunting.
    — Brian Barth, USA TODAY, 1 July 2017
  • Commons staff offered tea, coffee and cookies — and tours of the labyrinthine building — to the new arrivals.
    — Arkansas Online, 16 Dec. 2019
  • His legal situation is labyrinthine and almost requires a law degree to get your head around.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Sleeper led me through a labyrinthine industrial space at the headquarters.
    — Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Wallace doesn’t skimp on the seedy underside, with labyrinthine tales of gangsters and gamblers, crooked cops and greedy ward-heelers.
    — Joseph Berger, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2017
  • The winding streets of Ilion are transformed into a labyrinthine maze with an armed man around every corner.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Autumn can’t afford lodging in New York, but her hopes that her visit will be brief are dashed by labyrinthine rules.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2020
  • The Sandman' is complex to the point of labyrinthine, non-linear to the point of vertiginous.
    — Michael Schaub, latimes.com, 1 July 2019
  • Descend via scores of outside entry points and find a labyrinthine network of pathways that covers about 20 miles.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2019
  • The wealthy family of Parasite, likewise, owns a sauna in its labyrinthine mansion.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 11 Oct. 2019
  • In labyrinthine souqs by cascading plateaus of trash, customers haggled over Europe’s fashion waste.
    — Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Tanks rumbled through the labyrinthine streets that line the Aburrá Valley’s lush western mountains.
    — Steven Cohen, The New Republic, 18 June 2018
  • Boscolo remains the only woman with the coveted license to guide tourists through the city’s labyrinthine canals.
    — Valentina Zarya, Fortune, 30 June 2017
  • After the boys went missing, there was alarm they might never be found in the labyrinthine cave complex, amid a frantic search effort that drew cave divers from around the world.
    — George Styllis, latimes.com, 11 July 2018
  • Even with an emphasis on the script and filmmaking team, putting together a package has become a labyrinthine puzzle.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Letts' labyrinthine plot grows unwieldly and some sharp editing could eliminate a subplot or two, still maintaining the power of the piece.
    — Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • The labyrinthine sauna complex nods to the region’s German roots in etiquette—so make sure to read the rules and leave modesty (and swimsuits) at the door.
    — Jemima Sissons, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Apr. 2024
  • There is the urge to go spelunking through her books, to descend into the mad caves and walk the corridors and labyrinthine tunnels, in search of meaning (or…treasure?
    — Brittany Allen, Longreads, 9 July 2018
  • The result of this technique is that Raulff’s text is somehow dreamy but not sentimental; labyrinthine but not frustrating.
    — C. E. Morgan, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2018

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