Sentence examples for tea hour from inspiring English sources

By Geoffrey T. Hellman The New Yorker, April 14 , 1951P. 97 March issue of Harper's Bazaar posed the question "Is there any chance of salvaging the tea hour from the devasting enroachments of the cocktail party?

The New Yorker, April 14 , 1951P. 97 March issue of Harper's Bazaar posed the question "Is there any chance of salvaging the tea hour from the devasting enroachments of the cocktail party?

Local legend back in my native Glasgow insists that the customary greeting on visiting an Edinburgh home is "Of course you will have had your tea hours ago!" Ian MacDonald Leicester Congratulations on your report on the game between Tottenham and Liverpool (Sport, 19 October) for managing not to mention the home team.

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.

"Google grieving has taught me" she said, "that if you find out that someone you once loved but lost touch with has the temerity to die without telling you, you are entitled to one cup of tea, an hour's worth of sympathy, and about a half an hour's eulogy...

Two holdovers from the glory years — the Blue Whale restaurant, home of the famous "low tea" happy hour, and the saturnalian Pavilion dance club, home of "high tea" — have both been given a contemporary South Beach-style makeover.

2. Stock Up on Little Pleasures Most of my spending tends to be on coffee, tea, happy hour, or dinner.

You may also try drinking a calming cup of chamomile tea an hour before bed to increase relaxation.

I gave my time to whatever or whomever, not only slotting in lunches and dinners but also afternoon tea, happy hour and post-dinner drinks.

Drink lukewarm water or tea an hour before performing, as well as in between songs.

I got up late and Ethel would say that the tea, made hours earlier in a huge tin teapot and as dark as American coffee, was "stewy", and brew another pot.