Verb (used without object) : He overslept and missed his train. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : She had overslept her usual time of arising. ,Of all mornings to oversleep myself!. From Dictionary.com.
This has got to be the second time I've "overslept". From Wordnik.com. [merrickal Diary Entry] Reference
This man overslept and didn't get to work on time. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2001] Reference
But one morning I overslept, and my father opened. From Wordnik.com. [Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet]
It seems hard to imagine, but perhaps they overslept. From Wordnik.com. [The Day That Changed America] Reference
You mentioned the boy stayed behind, he had overslept. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 19, 2007] Reference
Next morning he overslept and had to go to work by bus. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Madwoman—Simenon, Georges - 100]
Still woke up at 05: 23, panicking that I had overslept. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Wife calmly called work, and let them know she overslept. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
I overslept and missed first 15 mins of my morning class. From Wordnik.com. [moschikat Diary Entry] Reference
I overslept and never got around to test driving that car. From Wordnik.com. [mesocyclone Diary Entry] Reference
Apparently she tried to take a nap at 200am and overslept . From Wordnik.com. [j-gan Diary Entry] Reference
If one of us overslept, we ` d give the other a wake-up call. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 9, 2006] Reference
The actual bombing wasn't filmed because the camera guy overslept. From Wordnik.com. [Fight Fire with Funny] Reference
Or if something new will come up, that google will have overslept. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo’s Brad Garlinghouse Makes His Power Move] Reference
I overslept myself, and the train had left when I reached the depot. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
One day an Arab belonging to a caravan overslept himself at an oasis. From Wordnik.com. [Highroads of Geography] Reference
I was up, painting until one o'clock this morning, and then I overslept. From Wordnik.com. [janedoe0 Diary Entry] Reference
I had overslept because he never cried — never told me he was hungry. From Wordnik.com. [Drowning] Reference
“He explained — not altogether too contritely — he had overslept.”. From Wordnik.com. [History in the Making] Reference
I overslept ... it's 6 a.m. ... so this is going to be shorter than normal. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
CHAPTER V. "Quick! get up, Ellenor, you must have overslept yourself!" cried. From Wordnik.com. [Where Deep Seas Moan] Reference
Already Ceijihagrast had overslept his posting by an unforgivable margin. From Wordnik.com. [Mid Flinx]
Satisfied that nothing was amiss, she turned, went back to sleep and overslept. From Wordnik.com. [The Price Of Courage] Reference
We made prisoner of a German who had overslept himself because he had had a bath. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures of a Despatch Rider] Reference
When I woke up I thought it was morning and that I had overslept by over an hour. From Wordnik.com. [dulligirl Diary Entry] Reference
Today, I overslept and didn't make it to the gym because of the drinks last night. From Wordnik.com. [partygirl Diary Entry] Reference
"I'm afraid I've overslept a little," she murmured apologetically as she greeted him. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
I cannot believe I overslept and missed the usual morning ride with Aidan and Alleyne. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Married]
My plans began to deteriorate when I overslept and did not get out of bed until 8: 30am. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Bergman: To Fix a Flat] Reference
I almost overslept again later on to go to karaoke but I got there just a bit after 11pm. From Wordnik.com. [dulligirl Diary Entry] Reference
The heeler sisters and I got out lekking again this morning, and overslept a little again. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
The next morning was a dark one, and, much to her annoyance, Ruth overslept by ten minutes. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts' Good Turn] Reference
I was so excited to sleep in this morning that I overslept and didn't get moving until 7am!!. From Wordnik.com. [badbadzoot Diary Entry] Reference
LESLIE MEL, STUDENT, VIRGINIA TECH: That morning I didn't hear my alarm go off so I overslept. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 29, 2007] Reference
But Zajac and Rudy had both overslept, the result of their being up most of the night with Medea. From Wordnik.com. [The Fourth Hand]
O'BRIEN: Senior Leslie Mel, who overslept that morning, never made it to her class in Norris Hall. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 29, 2007] Reference
The first thought he had when he awoke was that he'd overslept, looking at the clock ... the clock?. From Wordnik.com. [jaxraven Diary Entry] Reference
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