slept

Example Sentences

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In contrast, fish that lived longer mostly slept at night.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

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

On the nights I slept over, he’d bring me matcha lattes in the morning casually like it was no big deal, and every single time, I felt like I’d won an Academy Award.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

She, her husband and daughter slept in the corridor, away from windows, on Saturday night, when Dubai was subjected to the heaviest Iranian barrage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

He slept on a lumpy couch, which he had to make and unmake every day.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman