slept

Example Sentences

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At night they slept together on the floor in one room, under blankets they had brought from home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

In contrast, fish that lived longer mostly slept at night.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

After the quake, thousands of people whose homes had been made uninhabitable or who feared aftershocks slept out for weeks by the moat, but it is once again the preserve of morning joggers and sightseers.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

On the nights I slept over, he’d bring me matcha lattes in the morning casually like it was no big deal, and every single time, I felt like I’d won an Academy Award.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

I’d been getting out of bed at sunrise my whole life, but for some reason, that morning I slept in and no one woke me up.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney