How to Use teatime in a Sentence

teatime

noun
  • Even teatime deserves to get in on the fun.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Take deep breaths; have teatime; work on an art project; meditate.
    — Dwight Garner, Esquire, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Grant said during a recent teatime chat with a group of reporters.
    — Yohana Desta, HWD, 29 June 2018
  • But teatime can just as easily be a calming sip of camomile before bed.
    — Richard Morgan, Star Tribune, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Tiffany's twin daughters' princess teatime on RHOD, hands down.
    — Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • Onion bhajis are a flavorful teatime snack and street food in South India.
    — Casey Barber, CNN, 18 May 2022
  • Contrary to what Taylor Swift may have sung, at teatime, not everyone agrees.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Whether Churchill came up during the teatime conversation was not disclosed.
    — Katie Rogers, New York Times, 13 July 2018
  • 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
  • During teatime breaks, some of the participants made friendship bracelets while others showed off their fun outfits.
    — Bryan West, The Tennessean, 15 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • Zaynab turns the teatime favorite into a classic drop cookie, and the result is crispy-edged and gooey in the center, with earthy, caramel notes.
    — Jamila Robinson, Bon Appétit, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Rampling’s teatime spread, for one, is just beautiful enough that Krieps’ character has to snap a pic for the followers.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Initially considered cheap street food, the sausage roll has become a quintessential British snack or teatime favorite.
    — Laura Kanya, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Initially considered cheap street food, the sausage roll has become a quintessential British snack or teatime favorite.
    — Laura Kanya, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • The menu gives English teatime vibes with lovely sandwiches, fresh pastries, Cadbury cocoa and tipples for happy hour.
    — Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • This particular version comes from Augusta, Georgia, as a favorite at teatime that follows tee time.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The national historic site is now a museum that hosts house and ghost tours, teatime in Franklin's former wine vault, lectures, concerts and storytelling events.
    — Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
  • Accommodations include a daily teatime with live plant infusions, horseback rides on the beach, and wine tastings with a sommelier.
    — Carine Lavache, ELLE, 23 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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