Sentence examples for mere tea from inspiring English sources

Proust's madeleine was a mere "tea biscuit" and a barrier to greater literary achievement: "In the light of what Proust wrote with so mild a stimulus, it is the world's loss that he did not have a heartier appetite.

An outsider, he brings an enthralling story of rising from being a mere tea-seller's son.

To answer such questions is to tell why tennis spread from a mere tea-hour pastime on private lawns to scatter its courts about the grounds of colleges, clubhouses, hotels; to sow them in public parks and even in the midst of stone cities, and to become one of the most dramatic of machine-age spectacles.

A yacht, mere knighthood, a tea plantation, these are his simple tastes.

And yet his most truly unforgettable meal was something quite different from these.It was, in fact, a mere cup of tea, costing a few pence, bought around 1950 from the buffet at Victoria station.

Why be happy with a mere 100 flavors of Snapple iced tea when the human mind can concoct up to twice that many?

Moroccan Mint Tea is not just mere refreshment, it's an art form.

Career Planning With its booming young population, Saudi Arabia can no longer guarantee every college graduate the once-standard government job that garnered bureaucrats comfortable salaries while requiring a mere four-hour work day with frequent tea breaks.

The tea and snacks however are a mere convenience and take a back seat to the cafe's "staff" of ready-to-cuddle cats and kittens.

Recently a pedagogue a trustee or a mere onlooker was venting his deep displeasure at a tea party about the president of the University.

Its people have a strong sense of superiority over their neighbours and possess an almost fetishistic attitude to afternoon tea ceremonies, and who are so repressed that the mere thought of sexual contact sends them into a tizz.