tea tray

Example Sentences

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The "very expensive tea tray" has historically served up some rare sweet moments for the British team at the Winter Olympics -- they are the most successful nation in the sport.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

But let's step away from the afternoon tea tray, and instead, imagine something more like Moroccan pastilla, the pigeon or rabbit filo pie studded with almonds, scented with cinnamon, and dusted with powdered sugar.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2021

Dream movie moment: Cora, who sometimes seems a few scones short of a tea tray, wises up and leaves fuddy-duddy Robert for a dashing London financier played by Hugh Grant.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2019

Just to drive the point home, she says things  like "Your lot's finished. You're going down and we're coming up," while helping herself to one of the biscuits on Mary's tea tray.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2016

There was a crash of broken crockery in the parlor, as if a tea tray had been upended.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood