TEA in a Sentence

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For TEA, below is one of 259 sentences:
Two hours did he sit over this meal, then poured himself out another cup of the rapidly cooling tea, and walked to the window.

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 Meanings and Examples of TEA
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
tea
 n.  a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes
 n.  a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  With a man of that kind I am always hail-fellow-well-met, and glad to drink a glass of tea with him, or to eat a biscuit.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III
2  Accordingly he peeped through the chink of the door whence her head had recently protruded, and, on seeing her seated at a tea table, entered and greeted her with a cheerful, kindly smile.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III
3  Certainly he must have found the situation almost unbearable, in view of the fact that, after deriving inspiration from two glasses of tea not wholly undiluted with rum, Nozdrev was engaged in lying unmercifully.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VIII
4  Feeling the need of something to do, he ordered tea, and, still marvelling at the strangeness of his position, was about to pour out the beverage when the door opened and Nozdrev made his appearance.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER X
5  The surly Chief Clerk wavered for a while; then ended by inviting Chichikov to tea.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
6  Two hours did he sit over this meal, then poured himself out another cup of the rapidly cooling tea, and walked to the window.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I
7  Then one drinks one's morning tea, and then the bailiff arrives for HIS orders, and then there is fishing to be done, and then one's dinner has to be eaten.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III
8  Only one arbour of lilac and acacia had grown fairly well; they sometimes had tea and dinner in it.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
9  Bazarov came back, sat down to the table, and began hastily drinking tea.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
10  He entered into conversation with her at tea; he liked her very much.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
11  A tussle came off that same day at evening tea.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
12  'I said "aristocratic snob,"' replied Bazarov, lazily swallowing a sip of tea.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
13  'I expect tea is ready,' said Madame Odintsov.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
14  After tea, Anna Sergyevna suggested they should go out for a walk; but it began to rain a little, and the whole party, with the exception of the princess, returned to the drawing-room.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
15  The following morning when Madame Odintsov came down to morning tea, Bazarov sat a long while bending over his cup, then suddenly he glanced up at her.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
Example Sentence: (49 in 4 pages)
16  He finished the tea and laid the cup aside.
17  The lorry driver pulled into the side of the road and got out for a cup of tea.
18  He poured me a cup of tea.
19  She put a cup of tea down on the bedside table.
20  He only drank a cup of black tea and nibbled at a piece of dry bread for his supper.
21  Some tea left at/in the bottom of your cup.
22  I had a cup of tea and a bun at four o'clock.
23  All he wanted was a cup of tea and a sit-down.
24  We had a nice chat over a cup of tea.
25  You must go to bed directly after tea.
26  A full tea set like this consists of a pot and eight cups.
27  There's coffee or tea - you can have either.
28  There's some fresh tea in the pot.
29  We had tea, and afterwards we sat in the garden for a while.
30  This glass of iced tea will refresh you.