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
  • 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
  • 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
  • No, just so there’s no problem with tea in the morning.
    — Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Make the circles a little larger than the bottom of a tea light.
    — Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Imagine starting the day with a mug filled to the brim with coffee or tea.
    — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • But sometimes even a space heater, fluffy slippers, and a cup of hot tea isn't enough to knock the chill.
    — Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The dish: Order a hot karak chai ($5) – a milky spiced tea – with a cake rusk ($1.50) for dipping.
    — Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Chae placed pots of ginseng tea on burners in front of us.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
  • Best of all, there was nothing on the agenda but a bit of tea—and maybe champagne.
    — Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2024
  • So, here's the tea: all of the best Shark hair tool deals are happening at Sephora.
    — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Flavonoids are found in many foods and beverages, including fruits, vegetable, grains, tea, and wine.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 23 June 2025
  • Women sometimes drank a tea of juneberry twigs and stems to recover from childbirth, and a tonic made from the plant’s bark was thought to hasten the discharge of the placenta.
    — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 27 June 2025

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