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

"We are waiting, sitting by the crossing. My son and I slept here last night, on the pavement, in the cold, waiting to go back home," he told a BBC freelancer.

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The only time he had his own face back was when he slept.

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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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• doze 
• fall asleep 
• languish 
• relax 
• snooze