Still heavy with lees of slumber, his wits occupied themselves sluggishly with questions concerning the enervation that oppressed him, the reason for his oversleeping, why he had not been called.
"Alias The Lone Wolf"
Louis Joseph Vance
She and granp were up early on that important morning-indeed, there was little likelihood of any one's oversleeping on that day, and so well did they work that by the time Jessie went up to know what her grandmother would like for dinner, the greater part of their tasks were done and grandfather had already started for Norton.
"The Story of Jessie"
Mabel Quiller-Couch
He would have liked to go to bed, but he was afraid of oversleeping himself in case Elbridge had neglected to telephone Simpson.
"The Quality of Mercy"
W. D. Howells