How to Use teatime in a Sentence

teatime

noun
  • When the Prince and Princess of Wales come to town for teatime, what on Earth does one serve?
    Emma Platoff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Tiffany's twin daughters' princess teatime on RHOD, hands down.
    Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Teatime and Rector snuck down the Marin Headlands, along the bridge, and once the sun set, climbed the bridge's suspension stays from the shore.
    CBS News, 17 May 2017
  • Grant said during a recent teatime chat with a group of reporters.
    Yohana Desta, HWD, 29 June 2018
  • Take deep breaths; have teatime; work on an art project; meditate.
    Dwight Garner, Esquire, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Then comes the feast — lunch or dinner, depending on what time the equinox falls — followed by 11 days of herb-laden meals and teatime sweets.
    Samin Nosrat, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2017
  • Perhaps, like Oprah Winfrey, your teatime is a morning chai.
    Richard Morgan, Star Tribune, 9 Mar. 2021
  • But teatime can just as easily be a calming sip of camomile before bed.
    Richard Morgan, Star Tribune, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Onion bhajis are a flavorful teatime snack and street food in South India.
    Casey Barber, CNN, 18 May 2022
  • This set of four is inspired by teatime florals and hand embroidered in a pretty range of blue hues.
    Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The pair had both shaken off injuries to be able to come in and start for Arsenal during the teatime kick-off, but neither were able to finish the match.
    SI.com, 15 Oct. 2017
  • There is also a regular weekday teatime at 3 p.m. in the reference room and a monthly happy hour in the Whitridge Room.
    Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 13 June 2018
  • The pear tart and vanilla grass cream puffs are reminiscent of teatime at D’Une Île, while a tarte aux fleurs, popular at Septime, will roll out in the spring.
    New York Times, 25 Feb. 2021
  • One that might be a big change for Markle is that the family opens presents at teatime on Christmas Eve—not Christmas morning, like most of us mere mortals.
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 13 Nov. 2018
  • Whether Churchill came up during the teatime conversation was not disclosed.
    Katie Rogers, New York Times, 13 July 2018
  • As Henry became more familiar with the preschool and the places where she was allowed to roam, the hen decided to hang out in the parking lot in the morning and the staff room at teatime and lunchtime, Trigg said.
    Washington Post, 21 July 2021
  • In West Sumatra, bika is a popular teatime snack made with coconut that’s cooked in clay pots over cinnamon wood.
    National Geographic, 20 May 2020
  • Time after time with this government, anything agreed at breakfast is being briefed against by lunch and abandoned by teatime.
    Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Tony explained this was a sort of upper-class colonial thing, where the Ugandans were much more likely to have teatime and starched napkins and staff than their English counterparts.
    Hannah Howard, Longreads, 1 Nov. 2019
  • In December, the Rainbow House planned to host a teatime event for families, with drag queens reading storybooks to children.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
  • These days, teatime is a communal ceremony at my home, and not in the grander ways of East Asian cultures and British afternoon tea, but in a series of acts that remain the same each time.
    New York Times, 13 Apr. 2022
  • From enjoying teatime in London to taking in the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center, the duo have shared their love story on social media.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023
  • Everything about the royals needs to appear friendly and respectful, with fairy tales about teatime and, to keep things spicy, the occasional classic catfight.
    Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Initially considered cheap street food, the sausage roll has become a quintessential British snack or teatime favorite.
    Laura Kanya, Southern Living, 23 June 2023
  • After years of friendship, the duo, who met while working for a Hunt Valley insurance company, decided to turn their passion for teatime into a full-time job.
    Christina Tkacik, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2022
  • The Tokyo box comes filled with stuff to create the perfect teatime ceremony including a teapot, mugs, serving trays, and even a few artificial cherry blossoms.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Portillo is on every serious skier’s bucket list, but this resort in the middle of the Chilean Andes is more like sleepaway camp for adults who also love pisco sours, teatime, and staying put.
    Candice Rainey, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2017
  • The pastel color palette—so appropriate for teatime—complemented the host's pink floral dress and matching pink hat.
    Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 14 June 2021
  • Moreover, her novels revolve around the sort of upper-class figures who fret that the dying tradition of afternoon teatime portends the doom of civilization.
    Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2020
  • For those who want to partake, Christmas Day brings a safari, holiday picnic, teatime with Christmas cake, and a special performance by local Maasai children.
    Teresa Bergen, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2021

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