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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Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Indiana orchard carves stunning Caitlin Clark tribute into corn maze
County Line Orchard in Hobart, Indiana, has seen record crowds come to witness its Caitlin Clark corn maze in honor of the WNBA Fever and former Iowa star this Halloween season.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2025
Caroline, as her father Jason Kilburn calls her, is just 2 years old but the little girl has already faced a bureaucratic maze of legal issues thanks to her official name.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 27 Feb. 2025
There is one puzzle in Animal Well, the beguiling platformer set in an underground maze with a menagerie of creepy creatures, that requires the player to rely on just such a mental map.
—Lewis Gordon, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Users, unaware of the behind-the-scenes activity, were led through a digital maze, ultimately landing on sites that hosted malicious software.
—Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Indiana orchard carves stunning Caitlin Clark tribute into corn maze
County Line Orchard in Hobart, Indiana, has seen record crowds come to witness its Caitlin Clark corn maze in honor of the WNBA Fever and former Iowa star this Halloween season.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2025
Caroline, as her father Jason Kilburn calls her, is just 2 years old but the little girl has already faced a bureaucratic maze of legal issues thanks to her official name.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 27 Feb. 2025
There is one puzzle in Animal Well, the beguiling platformer set in an underground maze with a menagerie of creepy creatures, that requires the player to rely on just such a mental map.
—Lewis Gordon, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Maze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maze. Accessed 14 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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