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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Megan Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
An ecological thriller in the style of Virunga (also with Leonardo DiCaprio as an executive producer), The Ivory Game is a heartbreaking and heart-thumping look at the maze of issues that threaten African elephants with mass extinction.
—Tomris Laffly, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
Because there is no escalator to the top of the dome, Chalamet would have to summit a maze of catwalks and gangplanks in full protective gear.
—Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2025
In other photos shared, Gomez and Blanco were seen embracing in the Christmas light maze and posing together in matching face masks.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
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Noun
How to Get Around The best way to experience Ostuni is by wandering through the maze of narrow, whitewashed alleyways in the historic old town.
—Megan Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
An ecological thriller in the style of Virunga (also with Leonardo DiCaprio as an executive producer), The Ivory Game is a heartbreaking and heart-thumping look at the maze of issues that threaten African elephants with mass extinction.
—Tomris Laffly, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
Because there is no escalator to the top of the dome, Chalamet would have to summit a maze of catwalks and gangplanks in full protective gear.
—Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2025
In other photos shared, Gomez and Blanco were seen embracing in the Christmas light maze and posing together in matching face masks.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Maze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maze. Accessed 30 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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