maze

[US]/meɪz/
[UK]/meɪz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. labyrinth; confusion; bewilderment
vt. to confuse; to perplex; to lose in confusion.

Phrases & Collocations

lost in maze

Example Sentences

a maze of petty regulations.

a maze of bureaucratic divisions.

a maze of government regulations.

a maze of railway lines

a maze of bureaucratic and legalistic complexities.

an inextricable maze; an inextricable web of deceit.

a maze of legal mumbo jumbo.

a maze of narrow winding streets

She was lost in the maze for several hours.

visions of a fantastic, maze-like building.

they were trapped in a menacing maze of corridors.

she was still mazed with the drug she had taken.

I was bewildered by the maze of streets in the city.

He found his way through the complex maze of corridors.

I followed him through a maze of narrow alleys.

a basement that harbors a maze of pipes; streams that harbor trout and bass.

Lashley failed to find the engram—his experimental animals were still able to find their way through the maze, no matter where he put lesions on their brains.

Fantine had long evaded Tholomyes in the mazes of the hill of the Pantheon, where so many adventurers twine and untwine, but in such a way as constantly to encounter him again.

The spring, the summer, The childing autumn, angry winter, change Their wonted liveries;and the mazed world, By their increase, now knows not which is which.

The day after my arrival, I wandered through the ankle-high maze of the palace remains in search of the great central megaron, or throne room, where the wanax presided.

Real-world Examples

It's a, it's a maze of information out there.

Source: Tips for IELTS Speaking.

Jake and Jane race round the maze.

Source: I love phonics.

We are freeing you from the horrible tax maze.

Source: Audio version of Trump's weekly television addresses (2017-2018 collection)

It took 70 man hours to dig out the maze.

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2020 Collection

Wow, Squirrels, looks like you've made a maze around Duggee!

Source: Hi! Dog Teacher (Video Version)

Archeological attempts to find the fabled maze have come up empty handed.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

First it was the paper and pencil maze.

Source: Flowers for Algernon

One test featured a maze that had both enclosed and open tunnels.

Source: The Economist - Technology

The tunnels inside were a perfect maze till you got to know them.

Source: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Jake and Jane get lost in the maze.

Source: I love phonics.

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