How to Use high tea in a Sentence

high tea

noun
Definition of high teanext
  • Here are 15 of the best spots to sip high tea and prepare for it.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • The pub has two sittings for high tea, at noon and 3 p.m., but both are sold out.
    — Steve Carney, latimes.com, 9 May 2018
  • 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
  • The flaxen-haired doyenne held a high tea in his honor the evening prior.
    — Amber Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Now, high teas or afternoon teas can be found in most cities around the world.
    — Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • There’s also a high tea that day, promising stollen and Yule logs.
    — Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • Like hiring a three-legged bull with anger issues to serve high tea at the Ritz-Carlton.
    — Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 1 Sep. 2021
  • After all, the city’s Palace Hotel sounds like their kind of place and offers one of the best English-style high teas in the West.
    — Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 16 Jan. 2020
  • 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
  • The formal, more well-to-do group wants classical music and high tea.
    — Stacey Burling, Philly.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Therefore, high tea includes meat and other hot foods and baked goods.
    — Washington Post, 31 May 2021
  • For decades, the quintessential holiday to-do in Dallas has been to go to high tea at the French Room.
    — Dallas News, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Every afternoon, British high tea was held in the palm-fronded hall.
    — Benjamin Kemper, Town & Country, 2 Sep. 2021
  • There’s 24-karat-gold smothered hot chocolate, high tea with a strong pink theme, and champagne flutes topped with pink candy floss.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 15 Oct. 2019
  • 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
  • For tea lovers at the height of luxury, there would be nothing more impressive than pulling out this Christofle egg of small spoons for their high tea.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 21 Apr. 2022
  • To host your own private Kikoko high tea party, visit their website.
    — Steffi Victorioso, Los Angeles Magazine, 29 May 2018
  • The sumptuous lobby lounge is a popular place for high tea.
    — Audrey Phoon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2018
  • This sweet high tea set—complete with tea cups and plates, cake slices, a cupcake, and an adorable tin carrier—can be taken on-the-go anywhere.
    — Christina Oehler, Health.com, 9 June 2020
  • Dining venues include the rooftop Panorama Lounge Bar for nightly cocktails and high tea on weekends.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Head over to Rambagh Palace for high tea in an idyllic Indian setting.
    — Monica Mendal, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • Collectibles and ‘high tea’ Mrs. Trump, too, has found ways to monetize her ties to Mr. Trump, including through a series of online sales.
    — New York Times, 12 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • Pritam Sunger, the high tea hostess, offered a practical view.
    — Dan Bilefsky, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Feb. 2020
  • Teacakes, pies and tarts are a few delectable picks when brainstorming your menu for high tea.
    — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Most guests rarely venture off its 14 acres, whiling away their day poolside or reading on a chaise longue in their walled off patio or taking high tea in the inn’s library.
    — Joe Drape, New York Times, 12 June 2018
  • Guests partake in high tea, picnic on empty beaches, and snorkel around Moramba Bay in search of coral pinnacles and baobab trees.
    — Ashlea Halpern, The Cut, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Also among the well-wishers was mother and daughter Lin Quinn and Lucy Edwards who were enjoying their high tea with a glass of champagne.
    — NBC News, 2 June 2022

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