oversleep
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If I happen to oversleep, the music serves as my alarm clock.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2023
Symptoms include a tendency to overeat, oversleep, lack of energy, and difficulty concentrating on tasks.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The first time I picked him up for an early morning appointment I must have set a dozen alarms, terrified I’d oversleep.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2021
The average American will also oversleep and be late for work once a week, with one in six saying that number is actually higher.
From Fox News ● Jun. 9, 2019
Cole woke often during the night, afraid he might oversleep.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
Say the school maintenance man oversleeps and doesn’t unlock the doors of the polling place in time for set-up.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2024
On the metro home, she oversleeps and is stranded at the end of the line.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2020
Behold his greatest stresses: there’s a mouse on his tier, he oversleeps, he’s putting on weight, his neighbors fart all the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2016
In the first scene of the pilot, one of the four roommates oversleeps for an arraignment.
From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2013
“Anyone who oversleeps is a big fat booboo head,” retorted the robot as it glided out.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
But he overslept, missed his 6 a.m. call time, and arrived on the set more than an hour late.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2025
Turns out she overslept and missed his concert.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
One team member had overslept and would play from home.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2023
He added that the player was often late for work because he overslept.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2023
She was late for work every morning and excused herself by saying that she had overslept, and she complained of mysterious pains, although her appetite was excellent.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
Having been named in the squad for the Premier League match against Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on 30 August 2008, Keegan pulled Ranger aside after oversleeping.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024
Quick had a bad habit of oversleeping and being late for minor league bus trips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2023
Casemiro and Luke Shaw had already netted for United before Rashford added the third on his return to the team after being dropped against Wolverhampton for oversleeping and missing a meeting.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
Take, for instance, someone who keeps oversleeping because they hit the snooze button on their alarm nine times before finally getting up.
From The Verge ● Aug. 4, 2022
"I think I told her she was oversleeping," I said.
From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson
