How to Use tea in a Sentence

tea

noun
  • That shop does a great afternoon tea.
  • Let's meet for tea tomorrow.
  • Look at the range of herbal teas!
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Step right up and let the tea pour.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Come for high tea and stay for all the tea-spilling.
    Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Jan. 2026
  • For God’s sake, tea in this heat?
    Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Adeni tea, herbal tea and matcha are on the menu, too.
    Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Steven finished the last of his tea.
    Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
  • What are the best kava teas to buy?
    Bestreviews, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • This can burn the compounds in your tea.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Make fresh lemonade or sun tea.
    Parents, 11 June 2026
  • Its fragrant leaves can be used for tea.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2026
  • At a restaurant they were served hot tea.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The sweet tea struck the right balance.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
  • Some detox teas contain green tea.
    Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 3 June 2026
  • But first, coffee, tea or matcha?
    Melinda Sheckells, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • No one wants to spill the tea at this tea party.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 May 2026
  • Add lemon juice or a lemon wedge to water or tea.
    Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Coffee, tea, and light bites will be served.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Non-herbal teas include white, green, and black tea.
    Angela Ryan Lee, Verywell Health, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Blake had poured tea for the three of us into our rice bowls.
    Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2024
  • The same rule applies to fruity drinks, milk and iced tea.
    Brianna Taylor, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Round it out with a cup of Earl Grey tea.
    R29 Team, Refinery29, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Some simply come to warm up, charge their phones, and have tea.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The sweet tea will be sold in stores, not in the chain’s restaurants.
    Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Or when a Wednesdayite pops round for tea.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Enjoy them from your porch swing with a glass of iced sweet tea at hand.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
  • Can’t make it to Sin City for all the tea-spilling?
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2025
  • There will also be teas and food to sample.
    Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025

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