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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Literary Hub, 14 Nov. 2025
After scanning their tickets, audience members are assigned a district between 1 and 11 — the stage serves as district 12 — and embark on a maze of sorts to find their appropriate section.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
The circles were in different positions at each room in the maze, but the bees still learned over varying amounts of time to fly toward the short flash of light associated with the sweet food.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
Our stop at Chaney’s Dairy Barn to visit the free playground and get some farm-fresh ice cream (and to meet the cows who produce the milk to make said ice cream) was made even more enjoyable this fall by the massive corn maze.
—Tarah Chieffi, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Then Tolman changed the maze in a way that allowed a more direct pathway to the food.
—Literary Hub, 14 Nov. 2025
After scanning their tickets, audience members are assigned a district between 1 and 11 — the stage serves as district 12 — and embark on a maze of sorts to find their appropriate section.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
The circles were in different positions at each room in the maze, but the bees still learned over varying amounts of time to fly toward the short flash of light associated with the sweet food.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
Our stop at Chaney’s Dairy Barn to visit the free playground and get some farm-fresh ice cream (and to meet the cows who produce the milk to make said ice cream) was made even more enjoyable this fall by the massive corn maze.
—Tarah Chieffi, USA Today, 11 Nov. 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 17 Nov. 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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