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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Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026
But all those columns turning the platforms into mazes?
—Robert Yaro, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
Get creative by creating a marble maze and building a one-of-a-kind contraption with cardboard.
—Elena Donovan Mauer, Parents, 8 Feb. 2026
On a clear day last September, Darius, an archaeologist, disappeared into a maze of crumbling stone corridors under the Amphitheater of Capua, the second-largest arena in antiquity after Rome’s Colosseum.
—Erica Firpo, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026
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Noun
As each participant started getting comfortable with the machine sewing a maze on paper, going around dotted lines, both mother and daughter got into the flow.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026
But all those columns turning the platforms into mazes?
—Robert Yaro, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
Get creative by creating a marble maze and building a one-of-a-kind contraption with cardboard.
—Elena Donovan Mauer, Parents, 8 Feb. 2026
On a clear day last September, Darius, an archaeologist, disappeared into a maze of crumbling stone corridors under the Amphitheater of Capua, the second-largest arena in antiquity after Rome’s Colosseum.
—Erica Firpo, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026
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“Maze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maze. Accessed 14 Feb. 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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