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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Dennis Zhou, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
As the crisis unfolds in real time, Sam Nelson (Elba) is pulled directly into the center of the operation, forced to navigate a maze of shifting loyalties, mounting panic, and split-second decisions with catastrophic consequences.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 11 Dec. 2025
All combat is close combat, made harder by the fact that running and dodging depletes Shimizu’s stamina quite quickly, leaving her too exhausted to run through maze-like streets and alleyways, or fight off whatever horrible thing is waiting around the next corner.
—Richard Newby, Time, 6 Dec. 2025
Its floors are mazes of narrow corridors packed with African clothing stalls, salons, barbers, jewelry stores and halal eateries.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 6 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Crew members rushed about, tending to the set’s various optical illusions, which included an Escher-like maze of stairwells, some real, some painted on a matte board, and two performers, playing Chinese folk music, who on closer inspection turned out to be a pair of paper cutouts.
—Dennis Zhou, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
As the crisis unfolds in real time, Sam Nelson (Elba) is pulled directly into the center of the operation, forced to navigate a maze of shifting loyalties, mounting panic, and split-second decisions with catastrophic consequences.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 11 Dec. 2025
All combat is close combat, made harder by the fact that running and dodging depletes Shimizu’s stamina quite quickly, leaving her too exhausted to run through maze-like streets and alleyways, or fight off whatever horrible thing is waiting around the next corner.
—Richard Newby, Time, 6 Dec. 2025
Its floors are mazes of narrow corridors packed with African clothing stalls, salons, barbers, jewelry stores and halal eateries.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 6 Dec. 2025
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“Maze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maze. Accessed 17 Dec. 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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