1
as in rested
to be in a state of sleep
the baby slept for the entire length of the car trip found the night watchman sleeping at his post
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as in bred
to engage in sexual intercourse
if I don't read the tabloids, how will I know who is sleeping with whom this week?
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Recent Examples of slept
This was mostly because Sonia was busy with the German shepherd, who slept behind a gate in the kitchen and barked frantically whenever another parent came to the door.
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Nell Freudenberger, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Even as overnight temperatures hung in the 20s and 30s, immigrants desperate to make appointments at Charlotte’s Department of Homeland Security office slept outside the building in recent weeks.
—Patricia Ortiz, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2026
Only ordinary Minnesotans slept there, and sleep there still, if there is still sleep to be had.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Recently spruced up roadside motels include Americana Motor Hotel in Flagstaff, Arizona, where Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper slept while filming Easy Rider in 1968.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
The delicate little boy for stretches happily watched a television screen or slept but, at others, was inconsolable.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
For two years, Hafley slept on an air mattress under his desk.
—CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
For weeks, Iranian-British actress and activist Nazanin Boniadi has barely slept, shaken by reports of mass killings as Iranian security forces turn their weapons on their own people.
—Dan Bilefsky, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
The winning team later enjoyed a luxury yacht complete with a private chef, while the losing team slept on the smallest vessel—without a functioning toilet.
—Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Nell Freudenberger, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Even as overnight temperatures hung in the 20s and 30s, immigrants desperate to make appointments at Charlotte’s Department of Homeland Security office slept outside the building in recent weeks.
—Patricia Ortiz, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2026
Only ordinary Minnesotans slept there, and sleep there still, if there is still sleep to be had.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Recently spruced up roadside motels include Americana Motor Hotel in Flagstaff, Arizona, where Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper slept while filming Easy Rider in 1968.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
The delicate little boy for stretches happily watched a television screen or slept but, at others, was inconsolable.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
For two years, Hafley slept on an air mattress under his desk.
—CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
For weeks, Iranian-British actress and activist Nazanin Boniadi has barely slept, shaken by reports of mass killings as Iranian security forces turn their weapons on their own people.
—Dan Bilefsky, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
The winning team later enjoyed a luxury yacht complete with a private chef, while the losing team slept on the smallest vessel—without a functioning toilet.
—Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slept
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Glenn coach Katina Flournoy-Walker rested the Lee sisters — Libby and Jennah — in the win over Lockhart.—
Butch Hart,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Jan. 2026
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Given how easily Liverpool wins in France, perhaps Hugo Ekitike could have been rested there instead of at Bournemouth, for example.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Raw celtuce, a lettuce cultivar bred for its sweet stem rather than for its leaves, is cut into neat rectangles of a luminous parakeet green, interleaved with strips of jiggly kombu jelly, and plated atop a vermillion pool of Yongchun red vinegar.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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When vegan eating becomes more mainstream, fewer animals will be bred for food, lessening the threat of a life-threatening outbreak and nationwide pandemic.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
30 Jan. 2026
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The deep seat is just asking to be napped on.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
28 Nov. 2025
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Afternoon tea and backgammon were a leisurely ritual for my husband, Ronen, and me while our son, Nadav, napped.—
Alisha Prakash,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Nov. 2025
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The power plant is mated to a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
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That motor comes mated to a four-speed gearbox and semi-automatic centrifugal clutch – no clutch lever, no fuss.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Slept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slept. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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