coffee break

Example Sentences

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The retired California Highway Patrol officer said he and his partner were just coming off a coffee break in Paso Robles when they got the call.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

During the coffee break, he joined a small group discussing Pes’s presentation.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2024

The designer brand boasts a strawberry milk printed crossbody, a coffee break tote, a silk tomato ketchup bandana, a snack pendant and gold-toned ketchup packet, fries and hot dog drop earrings.

From Salon • Jul. 20, 2024

Outside the university, in an area popular with tourists, Faig Jafarli, 27, was out on his coffee break from work when he noticed that a road near the university was shut.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2023

Thus the coffee break is a rest in many senses.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck