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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Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Other signs include bubbles under paint or wallpaper, tight doors or windows and grooves or maze-like lines in wood.
—Ana Durrani, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
With bright neon pink table covers, Gordibuenas stands out in the maze that is the famous Sunday Langunilla market.
—Anais Martinez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
Family Fun At Aamodt's Apple Farm on the southwest edge of Stillwater, kids love the seasonal goat farm, pedal tractors, hay wagon rides, and a hay bale maze.
—Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 2 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Before there were dusty trails and stage coach routes and boulevards and freeways, there was the Southern California watershed — the maze of rivers, creeks and washes that sent rain water from the mountains and valleys to the ocean.
—Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Other signs include bubbles under paint or wallpaper, tight doors or windows and grooves or maze-like lines in wood.
—Ana Durrani, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
With bright neon pink table covers, Gordibuenas stands out in the maze that is the famous Sunday Langunilla market.
—Anais Martinez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
Family Fun At Aamodt's Apple Farm on the southwest edge of Stillwater, kids love the seasonal goat farm, pedal tractors, hay wagon rides, and a hay bale maze.
—Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 2 Apr. 2026
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 17 Apr. 2026.
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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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