tea break
Example Sentences
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He forfeited the Oval Test between England and Pakistan in 2006 when the away side refused to return after the tea break having been penalised for ball-tampering by the umpires.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2024
As a truck rolls out of the Bhutanese bottling plant, operated by Veen Waters India, the 40-some line workers take a tea break along a short row of employee housing.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023
Rain arrived at the scheduled tea break of 17:00, preventing any further action and leaving Australia on 214-5, still 61 short of making England bat again.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2023
The first continues until 10 a.m., pausing for Gandhi and his supporters to have a tea break and lunch.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2023
The generals should have read Liddell Hart’s book, or have come to the hospital porters lodge and listened carefully during tea break.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
