How to Use high tea in a Sentence

high tea

noun
  • Come for high tea and stay for all the tea-spilling.
    — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Jan. 2026
  • There’s high tea in the dining room and live music on the lawn.
    — Kelly Alexander, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Here are 15 of the best spots to sip high tea and prepare for it.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • Now, high teas or afternoon teas can be found in most cities around the world.
    — Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The flaxen-haired doyenne held a high tea in his honor the evening prior.
    — Amber Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 23 Oct. 2019
  • There’s also a high tea that day, promising stollen and Yule logs.
    — Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Therefore, high tea includes meat and other hot foods and baked goods.
    — Washington Post, 31 May 2021
  • The White House even had its own version of a high tea staple.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • British high tea programs have brought many brunch goers to hotel lobbies.
    — Jasmine Ting, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The formal, more well-to-do group wants classical music and high tea.
    — Stacey Burling, Philly.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Of course, no high tea would be complete without an indulgent dessert course.
    — Nasha Smith, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The event includes a high tea, fashion show, and jewelry sale.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Here’s a detailed guide to 20 of the best places in London for high tea.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Concerts include high tea and champagne.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Time to brush up on recent episodes of The Crown and pack our best outfits for high tea.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 12 June 2019
  • To host your own private Kikoko high tea party, visit their website.
    — Steffi Victorioso, Los Angeles Magazine, 29 May 2018
  • Like hiring a three-legged bull with anger issues to serve high tea at the Ritz-Carlton.
    — Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The women waded through the waist-high tea bushes, armored in aprons and gloves against the stiff, sharp branches.
    — Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Teacakes, pies and tarts are a few delectable picks when brainstorming your menu for high tea.
    — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Businesses that sit at the table rather than fight tend to end up as breakfast, brunch, snack, lunch, high tea, dinner and dessert.
    — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Designed for backyard bridal showers and high tea, this lighting option will be the envy of every guest.
    — Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2020
  • New additions this year will bring high tea and evening drink hours to the exhibit experience.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • At this hip hotel, high tea is served alongside jazz music over the weekend, with live bands rotating weekly.
    — Town & Country, 25 Jan. 2023
  • And the space promised live DJ sets, which meant less of a tranquil high tea vibe and more of a high-energy night out.
    — Evan Moore november 11, Charlotte Observer, 11 Nov. 2025
  • These days, Welsh Rarebit is a highlight of some high tea menus and is also often enjoyed as part of a lunch.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Pritam Sunger, the high tea hostess, offered a practical view.
    — Dan Bilefsky, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Feb. 2020
  • On sea days, enjoy programming like high tea and live entertainment while the shoreline whizzes by.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The bakers are challenged to create a holiday high tea and a dessert inspired by a holiday movie trope.
    — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Four days was all Williams had to explore a city that’s given the world palaces, high tea and Daniel Kaluuya.
    — Cori Murray, Essence, 26 July 2022
  • The concert will be followed by a Q&A, French champagne and a high tea buffet.
    — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025

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