tea break

Example Sentences

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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

Green survived a review off Moeen from the final ball before the tea break.

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 umpires have brought the tea break forward, which is sensible in the circumstances.

From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2019

The tea break was one of the ways the brutal sugar-slave world of the plantations and the new work rhythm of the industrial factory were linked.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson