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
As art objects, they draw from ’60s minimalism: her monoliths, prisms, cubes, spheres, matrices, labyrinths and French curves are finished in porcelain-white, each a pristine, planar specimen.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
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
In Louisiana, Bull had lots of friends who loved labyrinths; her sister is a labyrinth facilitator too.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2023
He became lost in misty byways, in times reserved for oblivion, in labyrinths of disappointment.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
