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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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Buying a home is one of the most significant milestones in your life, but the path to the front door can feel like a maze of financial decisions and paperwork.
—Jason Peters, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
Led by Professor Guo Bin, the research team drew inspiration from how mice navigate mazes.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
These caverns can extend for hundreds of miles, dangerous, otherworldly mazes unlike anywhere else on Earth.
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Noun
But going a little deeper, the YouTube series follows people going through these passageways and ending up in an endless series of mostly empty rooms, a maze that goes on forever, and they are often stalked by unknown monstrous creatures.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Buying a home is one of the most significant milestones in your life, but the path to the front door can feel like a maze of financial decisions and paperwork.
—Jason Peters, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
Led by Professor Guo Bin, the research team drew inspiration from how mice navigate mazes.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
These caverns can extend for hundreds of miles, dangerous, otherworldly mazes unlike anywhere else on Earth.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
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“Maze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maze. Accessed 28 May. 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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