oversleep
verb (used without object)
to sleep beyond the proper or intended time of waking.
has overslept
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present perfectof oversleep (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Flustered because he has overslept and is expecting a guest — his severe Great-Aunt Matilda — Mr. Curry wants to oust Paddington, who seeks sugar for a marmalade recipe.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2019
I describe a brave general who has overslept and finds his troops have left the encampment.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 23, 2015
His heart was heavy with the guilt of the man who has overslept.
From Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China by Gayle Porter Hoskins
And he goes back into the house and wakes the Superior, who glances with alarm at the hour-glass thinking he has overslept himself.
From The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister by Wilhelmine von Hillern
He has overslept himself for once," quoth Doctor Grim gruffly; "a strange thing, too, for a man whose victuals and drink are so light as the schoolmaster's.
From Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne
