tea break

Example Sentences

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The couple surprised healthcare staff on their tea break and chatted to them about the pressures they faced during the winter virus season.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

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

"Sometimes you have to use force," says a staff member, sitting outside under a canopy during a tea break.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2023

Know someone who could use a tea break?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2020

We didn’t have our tea break after the first week because tin was becoming scarce and the Captain was short on canned milk.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson