slept

[slept]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of sleep.

slept

/ slɛpt /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of sleep

Other Word Forms

• underslept adjective

Example Sentences

Another woman told the BBC that her husband, who had been stuck in the storm, barely slept in his tent because he was afraid of being buried in the snow.

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He said the dorm he ultimately slept in doubled in population, to its full capacity of about 90 people.

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They slept under the open sky, but when a light drizzle fell, Ms Estalicas and her family wrapped themselves up in plastic bags because they did not have raincoats.

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“I slept really well that night and the next morning, an old friend knocked on my door.”

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"I ate there. I slept there. I sat there. I just didn't have the energy to get out of that routine," she says.

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• doze 
• fall asleep 
• languish 
• relax 
• snooze