Synonyms for oversleep

Grammar : Verb

Spell : oh-ver-sleep

Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈslip

Définition of oversleep

Origin : late 14c., from over- + sleep (v.). Related: Overslept; oversleeping. Old English had a noun oferslæp "too much sleep."

verb sleep

Example sentences :

Clemens was not in the best humor because I had allowed him to oversleep.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

What if I should oversleep and not get to breakfast, or to work, on time!
Extract from : « Ted and the Telephone » by Sara Ware Bassett

But if I oversleep myself and am not on the look-out for you when you come, what will you do?
Extract from : « The Beth Book » by Sarah Grand

As you may imagine, little Nabul did not oversleep the next morning.
Extract from : « Nabul, Our Little Egyptian Cousin » by Blanche McManus

Am I not to have an atom of breakfast, because I just happened to oversleep myself?
Extract from : « Springhaven » by R. D. Blackmore

Why did I leave my mail until this morning and then oversleep!
Extract from : « The Mountain Girl » by Payne Erskine

From excessive fatigue you may oversleep and wake thoroughly chilled.
Extract from : « Canadian Wilds » by Martin Hunter

On these occasions Srine stayed up to see that he did not oversleep himself.
Extract from : « Ditte: Girl Alive! » by Martin Andersen Nexo

Poor Junie would have to oversleep herself on Sunday, that was all.
Extract from : « The Glimpses of the Moon » by Edith Wharton

I heartily hoped they might all oversleep themselves that morning.
Extract from : « Lands of the Slave and the Free » by Henry A. Murray

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