slept
Americanverb
verb
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- underslept adjective
Example Sentences
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His parents, both aged 80, slept through the break-in.
From BBC
Voters got an early display of that work ethic when Takaichi slept in a parliamentary dormitory and got to her office to begin work at 3 a.m. on Nov. 7.
“Luckily, my daughter slept through it. I told my husband, ‘I’m done.
From Los Angeles Times
It felt natural to sleep the way mothers and babies had slept “since the beginning of human history,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
He slept elsewhere three or four nights a week – often on a friend's floor, and once at the UEA library – while paying £425 a month for his house.
From BBC
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