labyrinth
noun
an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit.
labyrinths
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pluralof labyrinth.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The stations are designed as logical sequences of space, not as labyrinths you wander through.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
With help from an experienced underwater cave-diving team, Northwestern University researchers have constructed the most complete map to date of the microbial communities living in the submerged labyrinths beneath Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2023
The lonely facelessness of the facades evokes the paintings of de Chirico and Hopper; lurking staircases nod to the winding labyrinths of M.C.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2023
“It’s a mystery that there wasn’t more of a community because there are labyrinths here,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2023
Spaces she once knew as familiar—the four-room flat she shares with her father, the little tree-lined square at the end of their street—have become labyrinths bristling with hazards.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
