Slept

Examples

• How we shall conciliate this little creature, said Mrs. Bretton to me, I don't know: she tastes nothing, and by her looks, she has not slept. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Now while she still slept he turned her head and put his lips to hers. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• What with loss of sleep, arduous exercise, and a full belly, Tarzan of the Apes slept the sun around, awakening about noon of the following day. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I passed the night under the shelter of a rock, strewing some heath under me, and slept pretty well. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• You must know that last night was the very first night that I have ever slept without a nurse in the room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I slept with my head against them and one arm touching them, Pilar told him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• My father slept in the cabin; and I lay on the deck, looking at the stars, and listening to the dashing of the waves. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Cassy busied herself with a French book; Emmeline, overcome with the exhaustion, fell into a doze, and slept some time. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I never slept more than four or five hours' so that I would awake at nine or ten and read these papers until dinner-time. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Weary Hannah slept on, and no one but the sisters saw the pale shadow which seemed to fall upon the little bed. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• We heard the firing and confusion very plainly here; we none of us slept. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• You don't remember me I see, but my name is Bell, and once or twice when the parsonage has been full, I've slept here, and tasted your good ale. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Miss Bennet had slept ill, and though up, was very feverish, and not well enough to leave her room. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• One of these lads sat up each night in the stable, while the others slept in the loft. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• That night Kulonga slept in the crotch of a mighty tree and far above him crouched Tarzan of the Apes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The bed has been well slept in, you see. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Jo started up, revived the blaze, and crept to the bedside, hoping Beth slept. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• At night, naked and scarcely pro tected from the wind and rain of this tempestuous c limate, they slept on the wet ground coiled up like animals. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Bradley slept long. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He slept on the premises. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• How fortunate it was that her mother slept! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• As he slept I leaned over and looked at him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• After Sola had replenished my coverings I again slept, nor did I awaken until daylight. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• So each of the young men drank six bottles, and behold they felt very tired, then, and lay down and slept soundly. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• They slept, or appeared to sleep, for some time; nobody stirring but Barney, who rose once or twice to throw coals on the fire. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• At other times this future bursts suddenly, as if a rock had rent, and in it a grave had opened, whence issues the body of one that slept. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They slept in adjoining rooms, and Mrs. King had rushed in to Saunders. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I slept at night near the door of the house. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The pain of weakness left my limbs, my muscles slept. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I'd like to have a dollar for every time I've slept in that thing in the snow. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.

Editor: Ned