oversleep
verb (used without object)
to sleep beyond the proper or intended time of waking.
have overslept
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present perfectof oversleep.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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Animals Hibernating hedgehogs have overslept and are in danger of not waking up.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 7, 2013
Do you recall any other incidents where athletes have overslept?
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2010
Marche wrote: Come quickly to the dining room, You who have overslept.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another ten minutes and he would have overslept.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
The next morning the family were up before the sun, who rubbed his eyes, and swore that he must have overslept himself, on seeing such a merry column of smoke dancing over Phaddhy's chimney.
From The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton
