How to Use tea in a Sentence

tea

noun
  • That shop does a great afternoon tea.
  • Let's meet for tea tomorrow.
  • Top off the look with a cup of warm tea in the evening.
    Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2023
  • At the end of the day, Nicole likes to sip on mint tea.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Or to drink tea with rolls from the kiosk on the way to work.
    Eugene Ostashevsky, The New York Review of Books, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The two spoke for about a half-hour, and tea was served.
    Karla Adam, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The Bloom glass teapot by The Qi is a must for the tea-lover in your life.
    Vanessa Powell, ELLE, 17 Dec. 2022
  • The sweet tea will be sold in stores, not in the chain’s restaurants.
    Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Plastic chairs were set up, and tea was served in the dust.
    Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • At the end of the day, guests of the Royal Box head to the Clubhouse for lunch, tea and drinks.
    Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024
  • Remove from the heat, add the tea and steep for 3 minutes.
    G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Some platforms use quizzes to get all the tea on your style.
    Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 16 May 2022
  • Blake had poured tea for the three of us into our rice bowls.
    Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2024
  • Once the table was cleared and the tea served, Natela also came to watch.
    Ayşegül Savaş, The New Yorker, 14 July 2024
  • The tea will feed the microbes in the soil and build healthier soil.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2025
  • Sitting with her on the patio, waiting for the tea to steep in the sun.
    Jailynn Taylor, Essence, 11 June 2025
  • Sloppy joes and hot dogs were on the menu; bottles of iced tea were stacked near the back of the room.
    Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
  • If the price tag scares you away from a full-on hotel stay, try tea at the Palm Court.
    Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Strain the tea into a cup and let cool for 3-5 minutes.
    Valerie Agyeman, Good Housekeeping, 21 July 2022
  • Campbell then sold the tea house to Matt Borowski in 2012.
    Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The menu includes drinks made with tea, fruit and coffee.
    Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 May 2023
  • The spa serves post-treatment tea sourced from herbs grown at the hotel.
    Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2025
  • There was bitter tea, and a bowl of sweets in wrappers.
    Aysegül Savas, Literary Hub, 8 July 2025
  • Given the way the war’s gone thus far, the oligarchs can read the tea leaves about Ukraine’s success.
    Casey Michel, The New Republic, 12 May 2022
  • No, just so there’s no problem with tea in the morning.
    Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2022
  • There was no minibar or espresso machine, but bottled water, a kettle and tea was provided.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Mar. 2026
  • And the details in those contracts often provide interesting tea leaves.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Lessons about my culture and history were steeped alongside pots of mint tea.
    Joseph Pool, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Its three colors — Oolong, Dragonwell and Rooibos — are named for types of tea.
    Allison Hatfield, Dallas Morning News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • At the end of the table, Faris, an Iranian refugee who had ended up on drugs, stroked a glass of tea.
    Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026

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