slept
Americanverb
verb
Other Word Forms
- underslept adjective
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
Father’s bedroom was directly under mine but at seventy-seven he slept soundly.
From Literature
She slept a lot, listened to the radio, and she read books, lots of books.
From Literature
Drivers sometimes parked outside closed service stations late at night and slept in their cars to be there early when the stations opened in the morning.
From Los Angeles Times
She slept on her feet, and she’d dozed through everything so far.
From Literature
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
