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
Had that soft bed deceived him and made him oversleep?
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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
When your teenager oversleeps, give him a break: He’s still making bones.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2019
Behold his greatest stresses: there’s a mouse on his tier, he oversleeps, he’s putting on weight, his neighbors fart all the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2016
In the first scene of the pilot, one of the four roommates oversleeps for an arraignment.
From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2013
"Fits too damned well to be a coincidence! Anthony Marston dies of asphyxiation or choking last night after dinner, and Mother Rogers oversleeps herself with a vengeance."
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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
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
He had overslept because his phone wasn’t working, and he didn’t know missing one appointment would put him back on the streets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
Alarm Clock Mom, I overslept, can you drive me to school, please?
From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander
Another disciplinary measure saw Rashford put on the substitutes' bench for United's Premier League game at Wolves last season after oversleeping and being late for a team meeting.
From BBC ● Feb. 29, 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
He looks as if he hasn’t slept for weeks, although he’s been sleeping a lot, oversleeping.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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