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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Vijay Menon, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Tracking Liam down at a maze of a house, Nolan fell through a weak floor, as Miles watched.
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Last year’s event featured 10 mazes and five scare zones.
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Noun
The challenge is cutting through the maze of myths and taking an intelligent approach to recovery.
—Vijay Menon, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Tracking Liam down at a maze of a house, Nolan fell through a weak floor, as Miles watched.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 25 Feb. 2025
Last year’s event featured 10 mazes and five scare zones.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2025
Palace Monkeys Chase Elphaba and Glinda race through a maddening maze of winged monkeys determined to take them down.
—Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Maze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maze. Accessed 3 Mar. 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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