slept
Example Sentences
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For nearly two years in middle school, he and his older brother, Richard, slept in a tent in their grandmother’s dusty backyard in Sacramento.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Participants wore a headband that recorded brain waves, used a smartwatch to monitor sleep, and filled out a questionnaire each morning about how they had slept and how they felt upon waking.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Inside a dimly lit room, participants slept with monitors attached to their heads, some cradling stuffed toys in their beds.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
He allegedly slept on the cement floor of a cell and told reporters that he was “not doing well.”
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Dawn was breaking as we headed back to shore, bailing all the way, and I realized I must have slept for at least three hours that night, though it hadn’t even seemed like three seconds.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
