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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Each guides a group of fans through a series of short performances rather than offering a conga line through a maze like Horror Nights.
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Noun
But now the 55-year-old beleaguered mogul — worth as much as $1 billion just three years ago — spends his days moving with little fanfare through the maze of hallways and rooms that make up the federal justice system, his once-black hair and beard faded to gray.
—Danielle Bacher, People.com, 2 May 2025
Bryce Canyon is a colorful maze of spires, cliffs and ravines eroded in soft rock and soil at the edge of a plateau.
—CBS News, 2 May 2025
This fragmentation is particularly problematic for pan-European blockchain projects, which must navigate a maze of different legal, cultural, and technological standards.
—Chrissa McFarlane, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Each guides a group of fans through a series of short performances rather than offering a conga line through a maze like Horror Nights.
—Robert Niles, Oc Register, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Maze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maze. Accessed 17 May. 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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