Sample sentences for LABYRINTH

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Definition

a maze (a complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost)

or: anything so complicated that it is extremely confusing

or: a complex anatomical system of interconnecting cavities — especially the inner ear

Because London evolved to include many different villages, it's roads are a labyrinth of twists and turns.

labyrinth = complex system of paths

Old limestone mines and smugglers' tunnels create a labyrinth beneath the city of Odessa.

labyrinth = a complex system of paths or tunnels

I had unwound the string she had given me, and found my way out of the labyrinth to where she was waiting.
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel

labyrinth = maze (a complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost)

What happened in the unseen labyrinth to which the pneumatic tubes led, he did not know in detail, but he did know in general terms.
George Orwell -- 1984

labyrinth = complex paths

Langdon felt utterly spent as he and Sophie hurdled a turnstile at the Temple tube station and dashed deep into the grimy labyrinth of tunnels and platforms.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code

labyrinth = complex paths

Pipeworks laborers worked below the storerooms in the deep labyrinth of tunnels that contained Ember's water and sewer pipes.
Jeanne DuPrau -- The City of Ember

labyrinth = complex system of paths or tunnels

She fell in love with him, and to save his life smuggled him a sword and taught him the way through the Labyrinth, which she had learned from Daedalus himself.
Madeline Miller -- Circe

labyrinth = a maze (a system of paths so complex it is virtually impossible to exit once inside)

His tracks led toward the east buttress of Denali, straight through a labyrinth of giant crevasses, evidence that he had made no apparent effort to circumvent obvious hazards.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

labyrinth = complex system

It was a rich cream color, bright with nickel, swollen here and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hat-boxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes, and terraced with a labyrinth of wind-shields that mirrored a dozen suns.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

labyrinth = complex system

They won, of course, but it was a grueling affair, with the battleroom so filled with a labyrinth of stars that hunting down the enemy during mop-up took forty-five minutes.
Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game

labyrinth = complex system

Meanwhile, carried away as we are by our narrative, we must leave our three friends to themselves, and follow the Duke of Buckingham and his guide through the labyrinths of the Louvre.
Alexandre Dumas -- The Three Musketeers

labyrinths = complex paths

One false step through the wrong archway, and a visitor was lost in a labyrinth of outdoor passageways surrounded by high walls.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code

labyrinth = complex paths

I missed hobbling with her through the Labyrinth, our legs tied together.
Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle

labyrinth = a maze (a system of paths so complex it is virtually impossible to exit once inside)

The Labyrinth has a convenient opening in the myrmekes' nest.
Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle

labyrinth = a maze (a system of paths so complex it is virtually impossible to exit once inside)

For the better part of the day, I groped blindly through the labyrinth in the whiteout, retracing my steps from one dead end to another.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

labyrinth = complex pathways

Well, did you know the Labyrinth has rebuilt itself?
Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle

labyrinth = a maze (a system of paths so complex it is virtually impossible to exit once inside)

The Labyrinth has rebuilt itself.
Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle

labyrinth = a maze (a system of paths so complex it is virtually impossible to exit once inside)

Normally, this would not have bothered me, but after our experience in the Labyrinth, I felt guilty every time I mentioned the Beast.
Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle

labyrinth = a maze (a system of paths so complex it is virtually impossible to exit once inside)

I explained what I had seen in my dream, and what Meg and I had overheard in the Labyrinth.
Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle

labyrinth = a maze (a system of paths so complex it is virtually impossible to exit once inside)

In the Labyrinth, when you heard the Beast's voice, you were terrified.
Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle

labyrinth = a maze (a system of paths so complex it is virtually impossible to exit once inside)

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