oversleep
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If I happen to oversleep, the music serves as my alarm clock.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2023
Symptoms include a tendency to overeat, oversleep, lack of energy, and difficulty concentrating on tasks.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The first time I picked him up for an early morning appointment I must have set a dozen alarms, terrified I’d oversleep.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2021
The average American will also oversleep and be late for work once a week, with one in six saying that number is actually higher.
From Fox News ● Jun. 9, 2019
On Sunday morning, I pretended to oversleep, part of Dad’s plan to avoid trouble, and Mom flung open the door to my room.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Say the school maintenance man oversleeps and doesn’t unlock the doors of the polling place in time for set-up.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2024
The rat wins, while the cat oversleeps and misses the whole race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
One day the princess oversleeps and Bobo is sent on a journey to find her lost half-hour.
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2021
In the first scene of the pilot, one of the four roommates oversleeps for an arraignment.
From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2013
“Anyone who oversleeps is a big fat booboo head,” retorted the robot as it glided out.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
But he overslept, missed his 6 a.m. call time, and arrived on the set more than an hour late.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2025
Speaking on Radio 4's Today programme, he said he had accidentally overslept and shared his "joy at finally telling the world the truth".
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2023
One team member had overslept and would play from home.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2023
“I was a little bit late for a meeting. I slept in, overslept, but it can happen,” Rashford said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2022
There's my alarm clock, and it's 1:47, and I panic because I've overslept, like I'm late for school.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
Having been named in the squad for the Premier League match against Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on 30 August 2008, Keegan pulled Ranger aside after oversleeping.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024
Quick had a bad habit of oversleeping and being late for minor league bus trips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2023
Casemiro and Luke Shaw had already netted for United before Rashford added the third on his return to the team after being dropped against Wolverhampton for oversleeping and missing a meeting.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
Take, for instance, someone who keeps oversleeping because they hit the snooze button on their alarm nine times before finally getting up.
From The Verge ● Aug. 4, 2022
Luckily, they were either too kind or too timid to give me a hard time for oversleeping.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
