Verb (used with object) : She had overslept her usual time of arising. ,Of all mornings to oversleep myself!. From Dictionary.com.
Better to undersleep than oversleep, they figured. From Wordnik.com. [ASK TIP SHEET] Reference
It was my turn to oversleep for the meeting, I guess. From Wordnik.com. [dulligirl Diary Entry] Reference
You may be sure he did not oversleep the next morning. From Wordnik.com. [Bertha] Reference
You could oversleep an hour and still get to work on time. From Wordnik.com. [Kristine Kathryn Rusch » 2010 » May » 27] Reference
I started to oversleep and sometimes missed classes entirely. From Wordnik.com. [A Deceptive Disease] Reference
‘Mind, get up early; if you oversleep you will be fined!’. From Wordnik.com. [The Cossacks] Reference
“Well,” Mills began again, “you may oversleep yourself.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Arrow of Gold] Reference
His sore legs and back would see to it that he didn't oversleep. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Gryphon]
I heartily hoped they might all oversleep themselves that morning. From Wordnik.com. [Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada] Reference
My body, apparently in protest, decided to oversleep this morning. From Wordnik.com. [haloaskew Diary Entry] Reference
'I hear the power of your bananas flambees made Gareth oversleep.'. From Wordnik.com. [Longshot]
You were not wont to oversleep yourself on the day of the Bridge Fight. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844] Reference
Clemens was not in the best humor because I had allowed him to oversleep. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain: A Biography] Reference
The best way to cheat might be to try to drug me … or have me oversleep. From Wordnik.com. [Interview: Sudoku] Reference
Would very much like to play some games on Lex, but I'm bound to oversleep. From Wordnik.com. [extremes] Reference
Well ... since I have this awesome Sleep Apnea, I didn't actually oversleep. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
I was afraid I would oversleep, so I kept waking up before the alarm went off. From Wordnik.com. [Weekend Doings] Reference
What were they doing, letting me oversleep in the waiting room with the clients!. From Wordnik.com. [Ask the Cards a Question]
How considerate of the bumble to oversleep, providing you with a great photo op. From Wordnik.com. [Little Dreamer And Tiger Honey « Fairegarden] Reference
I laid there and kept thinking, "I'm going to oversleep, I'm going to oversleep.". From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
Eroshka, ‘but if you oversleep another time you’ll be fined a pail of chikhir. From Wordnik.com. [The Cossacks] Reference
Am I not to have an atom of breakfast, because I just happened to oversleep myself?. From Wordnik.com. [Springhaven] Reference
I'm hoping you might have a good night out on Saturday and oversleep the next day. From Wordnik.com. [Waiting For Guido ...] Reference
Thirty million young, first-time voters oversleep, forget to go to polls on Nov. 4. 5. From Wordnik.com. [Jon Wiener: Six Ways McCain Could Still Win] Reference
This caused me to oversleep on TWO different occasions of 8 a.m. exams back in the day. From Wordnik.com. [One Bright Star (1B*) Reignited] Reference
I don't need a wake-up call or an alarm clock because the wytzels won't let me oversleep. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
I vouch for it that he slept well that night and did not oversleep himself in the morning. From Wordnik.com. [With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917] Reference
"I'll see you don't oversleep yourself," were the last words of the captain as he went off. From Wordnik.com. [Tales from Many Sources Vol. V] Reference
And woke before the alarm Monday because that's what I do when worried that I'll oversleep. From Wordnik.com. [The Trip] Reference
"But if I oversleep myself and am not on the look-out for you when you come, what will you do?". From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
And get up early tomorrow but I suppose I'll oversleep since I want to get up early tomorrow. From Wordnik.com. [Weekend roundup.] Reference
There are not many men who lie abed too late, or oversleep themselves, on their wedding morning. From Wordnik.com. [Nicholas Nickleby] Reference
Think of any time you have chosen to oversleep or overeat or think about it tomorrow, and so on. From Wordnik.com. [How To Change Things When Change Is Hard] Reference
Later, we asked Mr. Young to tell us the story of the wild night that had caused him to oversleep. From Wordnik.com. [Toby Young Can't Resist One More Prank at Soho House] Reference
He might, he had thought, peradventure oversleep himself and miss the train, and all would be well. From Wordnik.com. [Tales from Many Sources Vol. V] Reference
Or to drive her daughters to school when they oversleep. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Without School Community Blog] Reference
'Mind, get up early; if you oversleep you will be fined!'. From Wordnik.com. [The Cossacks] Reference
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