slept
Example Sentences
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After the quake, thousands of people whose homes had been made uninhabitable or who feared aftershocks slept out for weeks by the moat, but it is once again the preserve of morning joggers and sightseers.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Aged 19 back in 2001, for six months he slept wherever he could in Minneapolis.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
“I am so exhausted. I haven’t slept or eaten properly for weeks,” she said in a recent interview.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
On school days, the teenagers slept an average of 45 minutes longer than before.
From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026
He always slept with one eye open, so in a moment he raised up and rubbed his cold nose against mine to beg my pardon for his absence.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
