There was a tray with bread and jam and hot tea next to the bed, but Joseph couldn’t imagine eating anything right now. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I had a spring cold and she made me some tea that had me on my feet quick as a wink. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A pot of tea and an assortment of cakes sat on the bottom layer of the basket, to finish off the dinner. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

While the rest of the group sips tea and discusses potential complications, I stand at the fence, blowing on Otto’s face and saying my good-byes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to give you a little cup of tea. I don’t have any sugar, but something warm will do you good,” she said. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Brill and Ellen were glad because they could drink strong cups of tea all day in the kitchen and no longer needed to preside at nursery suppers. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I heard his key in the door while I was in the kitchen making a cup of tea for Lily. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I had them both on their feet with the desperate suggestion that they help me make tea in the kitchen when the demoniac Finn brought it in on a tray. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Neel, hurry! Go meet your baba—he should be returning by now. And bring sweets, too. Rupa, bring Headmaster some tea. And then go tell the neighbors our good news!” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Flagg lifted a mug of cool tea to my mouth. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She set a big glass jar of the murky tea on my kitchen table. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She looked tired and her hand shook as she drank the tea. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When I walk out of my room, my parents are sitting at the table, finishing their tea. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

My brother, David, is a glass of sweet iced tea on a hot summer day, when you’ve put your feet up in a hammock and haven’t got a care in the world. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could sit on the sofa with a cup of tea and Saturday Kitchen on TV. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Susan was careful to give him the silences he needed, except for when she would look in and whisper, “Would you like some tea?” or “Some water?” or “An early lunch?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After dinner, we all had green tea and played cards in groups of four. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"My wife will be serving a Chinese tea lunch shortly." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amit is waiting on the screened verandah with cups of steaming mint tea. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They came in ones and twos, sipped expensive tea and ate little almond tarts. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you like a cup of tea?” she asked. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I didn’t get up in time to help you make the fire, Mama,” Stella said, wrapping her fingers around a hot mug of apple tea. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She set the tin on the counter and led me to the table, where she had arranged the tea tray with sweets. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I poured the tea into a saucepan and set it to warm over the stove. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She ate sweet bread and seg- ments of orange and ripe cherries, and drank a light, warm tea that invigorated her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave me another hug and made us both a cup of tea. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hilly’s watching her maid, Yule May, refill our tea glasses. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Uniformed maids entered rooms carrying tea services on silver trays. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I sat sweating on the swaying, jolting train, then went to the hole that was the lavatory and threw up the tea I’d had for breakfast. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I jumped toward the kitchen with the excuse of making tea. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I am going to freshen up," Didu says, picking up the tea tray. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was in her thirties, unmarried, perpetually sipping herbal tea. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I gives the wolves and the jackals and the hyenas in all our section their tea afore I begins to arsk them questions.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

For now, I move around the Commandant quietly, setting down her breakfast tray, clearing her tea from the night before, laying out her uniform. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They sat before the old monk in the prayer hall, chatting and drinking chilled tea while Pong pretended to repair a bench just outside. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I got a cup of tea at the Aërated Bread Company and came down to Purfleet by the next train. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I got out white napkins, made tea, and went into the dining room to fetch the silver tea set. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Baba holds his cup out for more tea, and I fill it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Could I have tea? Enough for two. And would you mind lighting the fireplace?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It was a far different woman from the one at church—the winsome fisher wife serving tea and coffee. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I say, but in the back of my head, there’s this voice asking me, real calm, like were just having tea out here, Is this really happening:? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

While Gran made herself a cup of tea, I sat at the kitchen table, staring at the Cat Fantastic magazine. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Dad had to finish his tea before he could eat. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm going to call up Daisy tomorrow and invite her over here to tea." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Nguyen sat, pouring some mint tea into a tiny china cup. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She grabbed a waxed paper cup and filled it with iced tea and a lemon, capped the cup, and brought it back to Petey. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, the kettle whistled, and the man got up to make the tea. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had seen how mean he was, and that was the day she went to tea at Sillington House. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, I informed them that I had prepared tea in the kitchen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Breakfast, which usually consisted of porridge, cocoa or tea, bread, butter, and jam, was served at nine in the morning. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Ophie followed the woman’s instructions, pouring the tea into the cup and then preparing it just how Mrs. Caruthers apparently liked it: two cubes, a generous splash of cream. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, the energy hummed through her, gentle and warm; other times, it was scalding, like swallowing a mouthful of too-hot tea. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

In fact, when Mother made a fresh batch of iced tea for dinner, I almost started crying. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Listening at closed doors, to the Wives over their tea and wine, spinning their webs. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother had brought some with her, hoping Grandma would ask, and Grandma tried them—foot soaks in red clay, cups of bitter parsley tea, tinctures of horsetail and hydrangea. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She handed one to me without milk, the string of the tea bag trailing over the side, and sat down at the table. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Harry caught a glimpse of Bill, Fleur, Luna, and Dean sitting at the table in the kitchen, cups of tea in front of them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I bring The Abbot his tea and bread and make some for myself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I roll over and try to go back to sleep, listening to the hissing gas as she cranks up the camping stove to make tea. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He drinks his tea in the morning, signs for the dole at the Labour Exchange, reads the papers at the Carnegie Library, goes for his long walks far into the country. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Only her grandmother was in the kitchen, sitting with a cup of tea at the table, while two canning pots rattled on the stove. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

So everyone had some nut cookies and hot tea. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was served afternoon tea sitting on the grass in the cloisters. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

We gathered our things, left our tea cooling in our mugs, turned off the lights, and marched out of the health center. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nick takes a swig of his tea and yawns, and Leah immediately tries to launch a little paper wad into his mouth. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

When the tea bell rang, Jo appeared, looking so grim and unapproachable that it took all Amy’s courage to say meekly... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water looked awful and murky and the very embodiment of disease, but once it was cupped in my hand gave the impression of overbrewed tea. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The waitress brings Celia’s mint tea, not even glancing at the cards before departing again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Lizabeth put the tea down on a little table on the back porch. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They drew her father’s blood and gave him a noxious-smelling tea to drink, and she could hear him coughing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I walked in with Allen and Kenny, Arnold was sitting on his screened-in porch at his round picnic table drinking his hippie tea with four strangers, two men and two women. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to send Helena for two buckets of water to clean the floor, and I can only hope Mrs. Krajewska thinks my supervisor and I are drinking cup after cup of tea. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ma gave Caroline some ginger tea, adding two large spoonfuls of brown sugar to the cup. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Texas is a tea party compared to around here,” Granny complained. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I noticed the kettle on the floor, close to Papa’s feet, the green kettle Sisi used to boil hot water for tea and garri, the one that whistled when the water started to boil. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Herb teas were prescribed to break a slight fever. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t interested in any of the dolls or blocks or tea sets I’d been given, only that piano—plinking and plunking on it nonstop. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Doc took a pitcher out of the icebox and splashed some cold sweet tea in a juice glass for her. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He poured his tea into his saucer and sipped it loudly. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I'm immediately taken to see the queen—still covered in Prince Alfred's blood and Belle-rose tea, still angry from his disgusting advances, still shaky from almost stopping his heart. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He drank hot tea made of some sort of herb, and energy seemed to pour through him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I found some cookies in the cupboard, put them on a plate and poured us both a cold glass of tea. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scales at the tea store did not shine so brightly any more and she found the bins were chipped and shabby-looking. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kneels beside me and silently mops up the spilled tea with a cloth. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She’s carrying a cup of tea and a slice of cake. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was hot, but I drank that tea and ate those sandwiches like I had magically aged and turned into my father. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I went into the kitchen and saw Rashid Uncle tinkering around, lighting the stove and warming a pot of water for tea. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Kate said patiently, “I want to tell you what happened. I was having tea with her late this afternoon and she fainted dead away. I do wish she’d see a doctor.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Two njuzu girls coiled up the table legs and bent gracefully over cups of tea that Mother had poured. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing her bathrobe, hand around a cup of tea that went cold a long time ago. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Several minutes passed while Milkman played with his beer and Guitar sipped tea. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you get some water? I think your sister might want tea.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Thereafter, at teatime, I would go to the small kitchen in the office and take my tea there in solitude. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get off that. I’m steeping you some tea.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They drank tea and smoked and talked in loud bantering voices about the Mujahideen’s plan. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Two world wars ago, battlefield nurses gave cups of tea to the wounded and it leaked through their bullet holes and killed them. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't guess I'll be finding that out. I'm only going for tea." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mom lifts her eyes from the tea, her voice trembling. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Every evening after tea I kneel for the Latin and he won’t let me move till I’m perfect. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you mind if I sit down for a minute?” she asked as she put the tea down in front of me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a sip of his tea, keeping his eyes on the rim of the cup. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

While white girls learned to waltz and sit gracefully with a tea cup balanced on their knees, we were lagging behind, learning the mid-Victorian values with very little money to indulge them. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm sorry I gave you such a rotten tea." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Instead I tasted and smelled the acridness of tin plates and cups designed for tea parties that bored me. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a pot of tea in the hall. Would you like to come in?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

We’d spent the day turning lobster red, drinking iced tea, and laughing. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He was absorbed with the meeting this night—the tea ships. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amah poured some tea from a pot and handed Minli a cup. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

A Scottish writer of the late 1700s noticed that tea had “become an economical substitute to the middle and lower classes of society for malt liquor,” which they could no longer afford. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

If she was tired of his visits, she concealed her weariness with perfect skill, and took care that there should be coffee for supper, “as Friedrich—I mean Mr. Bhaer—doesn’t like tea.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made a show of washing out her rice bowl with hot tea, and then warned other restaurant patrons seated near us to do the same. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are only two ceiling lights in the ward and they’re switched off when the tea tray is taken away and the nurse gives me pills. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We worked frantically drawing water, washing the burning bodies, and trying every herb, tea, and poultice to break the fever and banish the infection. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And have tea and a late lunch brought to the main salon. She needs her strength." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I didn't mean to get your hopes up. Drinking a cup of tea is nice, but it’s still going to take time for her to fully recover and be up and running the house again.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I can fetch the tea water,” I volunteered. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neel threw one last scowl at Headmaster and Gupta, who were sipping tea in the shade of the tamarind tree. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

They built a fire in the stove and made tea and feasted on vegetables, fried potatoes, and canned meats, eating so much, they feared they would get sick. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘I don’t want Fielding to come to tea here. I don't want him to come at all.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Not plain old tea. Earl Grey. It’s British. It was my grandmother’s favorite. I thought, ‘What if we make Earl Grey-flavored ice cream and put the halwa in it?’ A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Worst of all was sitting down for afternoon tea, carrying on what she called polite conversation, which, in her estimation, was something every gentleman should be capable of doing. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She shouldn’t emerge until dawn, especially since I spiked her tea with kheb leaf—a scentless, tasteless herb Pop used to help patients rest. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then he went to revive himself with a belated cup of tea. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Mom, he’s pouring tea and carrying luggage to help feed his family.” I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The trunk was filled with a silver tea set, a small portrait of a yellow-haired man, something wrapped in velvet cloth, dusty sacks, small wooden boxes, and packets of letters tied in a ribbon. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was laughing and nodding and asking questions about America and the women were serving tea and slicing a cheese in front of Rafik. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

All Papa and Dadi do is read the papers, discuss things in whispers, and drink cup after cup of watery tea. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

By six o’clock they were in the house and by eight they had a meal of eggs, bacon, and tea. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lady Constance stirred her tea again with vigor, although the sugar had long since dissolved. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

When the door closes behind them, Miss Larsen takes a sip of tea and places her cup back on its saucer with a little rattle. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She always saved the tea bag from his morning tea to use it again in the afternoon. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

They drank their hot tea before the food came, toasting the sea. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma Rose is sipping her tea slowly, and I can almost sense her counting to ten—advice she gives to argumentative Carver students. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Irish Breakfast tea and cappuccinos from Trouble Coffee. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

"She always rests for an hour before tea." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He drew another glass of tea from the samovar, and Will took it doubtfully. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I started putting the poison in his tea before I came to Nsukka. Sisi got it for me; her uncle is a powerful witch doctor.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He puts down the pot and prepares her tea, knowing how she takes it without having to ask. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Standing there with their tea and an extra cup. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I open the door with the ice tea pitcher in my hand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You know,” his grandma said, setting down her cup of tea, “there’s a tremendous independent boys’ school not half a mile from my house. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The man continued to prepare his tea, saying nothing. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carried the tea and the wine into the bathroom. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

They ate at sea—the cod, the clams, ginger rice, yarrow tea. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Snell having finished the cleaning and ironing was having her customary cup of tea before walking down the road to the bus stop. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Her calves thinned, and her complexion turned the color of weak tea. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She thought that maybe—just maybe—Western Civilization was in a decline because people did not take time to take tea at four o'clock. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

During that time, I kept bathing the girls, forcing tea or water or graveyard stew into them. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The bark of the willow tree is extremely bitter, but early humans learned to make tea from it anyway. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I used a coat tree as delicately as possible, and then sat down at a table and ordered tea and cinnamon toast. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, I open a cabinet and take out the small tin that used to hold tea leaves. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But her mother was in the kitchen humming happily and clattering pot lids as the visitors sat around the table toasting each other with glasses of mint tea and gobbling roasted chickpeas. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But by itself tea is usually bitter, as were the two other new drinks that came to Europe in the 1600s—coffee and hot chocolate. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“The nuts and coconut complement that floral tea flavor.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

We can’t have our tea till he’s home and that’s very hard because you smell the cooking of other families in the lane. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Evy brought along some sweet butter and a package of soda crackers and made tea. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “By the way, Bailey, Mrs. Flowers sent you some tea cookies—” Momma shouted, “What did you say, Sister? You, Sister, what did you say?” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drinking of birch and willow tea would ease the pain a bit but could not take it away. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” he says as he replaces them, watching her as she sips her tea. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Let me pour your tea,” she offered, although she never served Papa’s tea. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Soon afterward, the new taxes were stopped—except for a tax on tea. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was just about to make some tea. You’ve come at the right time.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They turn hysterical, laughing and squirting tea out of their mouths, Jesus love him, says Bridey. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Xenophilius strode back to the tea tray, which Hermione had managed to balance precariously on one of the cluttered side tables. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A faint ribbon of steam curled above the teapot and single cup of tea set before him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

They have their tea but Uncle Pa Keating, who is my uncle because he’s married to my aunt Aggie, picks up Eugene and takes him on his lap. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Lainie says nothing, she listens carefully and occasionally sips her tea. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She fills my iced tea like we are the strangers we were meant to be. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Thorn measured out more tea from the jar into the pot, added hot water. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

As the women headed to the backyard with their tea, Fadi sat alone, in the dark. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Well,” my father said, sipping his tea again, “you had some day, Reuven.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then Aunt Saba, which Poppy said meant “morning,” appeared carrying a large brass tray filled with steaming glasses of musky-smelling tea—maramia—an herb good for the stomach. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

There aren’t enough chairs for everyone so I sit on the stairs with my brothers to have bread and tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mariam saw no smokers on the streets, no cups of tea steaming from window ledges. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Ma rushed to make a special breakfast, taking out the carefully saved dried pork to make Minli’s favorite porridge, while Ba jumped to get some fresh water to make tea. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

A soft noise like a kettle about to boil for tea. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Again I saw Miss Lilian as I remembered her, sitting in her big bed, watching my mother set down the breakfast tray, waiting while she poured the tea, finally spying me in the doorway. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Incense was burning all around the botanica and the shelves were crowded with teas and potions and smaller saints. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“When Mrs. Harker came in to see me this afternoon she wasn’t the same; it was like tea after the teapot had been watered.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

And she walked around the tea party until she was on the other side of it to the hand. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

A nurse brought Doha a cup of hot corn tea that he blew on and drank as quickly as possible. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She won’t stop saying Ye, and now Malachy is helpless with laughter, spewing out his bread and tea, his face turning red. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“We had to wait ninety days before the adoption was official back then,” Grace’s mother said, and Grace noticed for the first time that the straw in her iced tea was chewed into ribbons. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We sipped our tea in silence, and I saw him glance at me from over the rim of his glass. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

When I got home Moms made some tea, which is what she always does when things get serious. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Yan Chang called loudly to other servants to take our luggage, called another servant to bring tea and draw a hot bath. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He accepted the gifts with thanks and invited us in for a drink of sweet tea. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Stella clutched the mug tighter and blew on her tea. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He made tea and took it into his father’s old study, a room with a view of the water in daylight and of his father’s much-loved rhododendrons. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then would come the glass of tea, the Afternoon Service, the ritual of the contest—Danny didn’t once miss finding his father’s deliberate errors—the Evening Service, and the Havdalah. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It went in our baths, our skin cream, our raspberry tea and biscuits. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In forty degrees, I sweat like iced tea in August and here I woke up this morning to eighty-three on the dial. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They did not honesdy want the tea returned and a peaceful settlement made. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed weakly and took the tea from the servant as she approached. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

One month later, Nico sat on the couch in the living room as Beverly poured herself an iced tea in the kitchen and Alma whispered to her mother on the phone in her bedroom. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She made a pot of tea, even though her hands were shaking. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rook stumbled in with the tea and the cookies, and managed to both spill the tea and dump the cookies on his brother’s lap. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I took out my dish of rice and a spoon and sat it beside my thermos of tea. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I give it up. And my young friends here seem to be no better at sadness than I am. Mary, can’t you do something? We want our tea.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

It was his manner—the warmth of him, like steam rising from tea. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

We have nothing but bread and tea and she doesn’t want the tormenting neighbors to see us with our tongues hanging out, suffering over the lovely smells floating up and down the lane. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mama sent Doc off to find her some saw palmetto to make tea. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Biddy, please, sit down. Quincy, I would consider it a favor if you would fix the tea.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I had brought with me a rock cake which I had pocketed while having tea with Grandmamma the day before. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“How do you do,” I said, and then, with an effort to be polite, “Won’t you stay to tea?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In another window, the museum arranged a harbor scene, where white colonists dressed like Mohawk Indians hurled crates of tea over the side of the ship with exaggerated glee. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t love the watermelon one, so I poured myself another sample of the chocolate tea to get rid of the taste. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They gave him Indian tea to drink and old Betonie told him to sleep. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You want me to make you some tea?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he eats a cracker or biscuit with his tea, but not tonight. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

We drank the rest of our tea, grabbed our books, and after a quick kiss on the cheek from Mama and a hug from Doc, headed out the door. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

If he shuts this idea down after what we’ve just heard, he’s a cockroach doing the backstroke in the iced tea pitcher. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Let’s sell tea to the people who climb the hill.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced nervously at our own house, with no rugs or tea service, but how much did that matter? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women made sandwiches, cakes, and tea and chattered in the kitchen while the children played, and this is how the autumn passed, with her life arrested, on hold. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Az said, then paused to sip his tea. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When the meal comes, I realize that an Arnold Palmer is some weird name for lemonade and iced tea mixed together. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She tells us get away from the table and stop gawking at him having his tea and tells him to stop giving us bits of ham and tomato. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

As it happened, Buddha chose instead to bless First Wife with another daughter, this one with two perfect legs, but—alas!—with a brown tea stain splashed over half her face. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Malloy drinks more of her tea, but my cup is still full. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Nick rocks backward in the video game chair and takes another swig of tea. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The bubble tea stand is humming with activity. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Full-on panicking, and all the comfort she felt from her notes with Keeper melted away like a sugar cube in a cup of hot tea. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Rolling to his desk, he took up a pot of hot water S.Q. had brought him for his tea. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was not supposed to be sipping honey tea with people who are just like the parents you think you are supposed to have. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

A few weeks after that, Sima was in a market buying pomegranates, and tea, and saffron, when a black van pulled up onto the sidewalk. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I should have a talk with that coach of yours,” my mom says, fixing me some hot tea. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I met de Klerk in the same room where I had had tea with his predecessor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"One of the papers said they thought the rain would stop about four. I think it was 'The Journal.' Have you got everything you need in the shape of--of tea?" The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting at the table, eyes half open, clutching a cup of tealess tea. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Celia regards the three piles of cards thoughtfully while she sips her tea. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In a strange way it tasted exactly like the tea she used to prepare for Mother in the ruined village. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop by for some tea soon, will you? I’ve barely seen you since, well, the funeral. What is it, six weeks now? Hard to believe it. It feels like yesterday.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask Anthony to tea, one day next week. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She brought the glass of tea to Will, together with a little saucer of jam with a silver spoon. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It had a blue strap so I could sling it over my shoulder, and I filled it with juice or tea and carried it everywhere. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t reflect on why his migraine demands soothing images of Henry looking cozy and picturesque, sipping tea by a lush green hillside. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know how the moon could drag the ocean in and out from such a distance, when it couldn’t stir the milk in Miss Maggie’s tea. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

We milked first—since cows don’t celebrate Christmas—and then came in to a breakfast of eggs and grapefruit and cherry babka and hot tea. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Dad behaved himself pretty well during the tea, but on later visits he’d sometimes interrupt Mother’s parents in the middle of sentences and go over and pick up Mother from her chair. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Etienne comes down grumbling, one shoe on, and the whole kitchen goes quiet while Madame Manec fixes his tea and sets it on a tray and Etienne carries it back upstairs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She and Viola sent a steady stream of beef tea and baking soda poultices to my room. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes. It is work in the tea plantations of Ceylon.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is the cold only. I make now myself a cup of tea.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shop made from blue tarpaulin sells fried potatoes and falafel, bowls of rice, and sweet tea. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She tells Dad the pig’s head can wait a while so that we can have a jam jar of hot tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Tatterfell comes into the room, bringing with her a tray with tea things. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She turns her back to me and continues stirring her tea. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Grandma rushed into the living room with her mug of tea. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Moss waited until she wandered into the living room, a glass of iced tea in her hand, to pull out his phone. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

From time to time she was handed a glass of tea, the cracker tin was passed in her direction, and she helped children shoot chips across the carom board. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Tom the innkeeper reappeared, wearing an apron over his nightshirt and bearing a tray of tea and crumpets. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The first trip he had tasted the soup; the second, he had asked Helen to make him a cup of tea; the last, he had had more soup. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sugar honey iced tea is right,” I say. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

They went to the one hundred fortieth floor, where the spirit medium’s secretary made them all comfortable with cups of tea. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You pour out my tea so it’s more homelike,” said Lee. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we’ve steeped six tea bags in our custard, David, Justin, and Robin Hood tumble into the house in a blur of grease stains, sweat, and fur. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“You can do that after you fix my tea. Just the way I like it.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“That’s evident, by the way you racket downstairs. Come to your tea, sir, and behave like a gentleman.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s a tall thirty-something Indian man in an impeccably tailored suit, roguishly handsome with a neatly trimmed beard, a steaming cup of tea, and a shiny Union Jack on his lapel. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

After Mrs. Caruthers’s fit, the doctor ordered her to be kept on bed rest, and even gave Cook a tincture of opium to be added to her tea. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“What do you think he’s going to do? Sit you down for tea?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As I read her a question about mold stains, she pours a little tea in a glass, tastes it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I refused to call it tea when it did not contain any actual tea leaves. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then Ma put on the boiled potatoes and cabbage and meat, the baked beans, the hot johnny-cake and the baked Hubbard squash, and she poured the tea. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee poured the tea and picked up his cup. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“When you are finished today, I have herbs to be ground into paste for Mrs. Clayton. They go in her tea and will help her milk come in.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

After tea, leaving herself too little time, she went to the phone box outside the hospital entrance near Westminster Bridge and attempted to call him at his work. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It reminded her of their first forlorn tête-à-tête, on the evening of Mrs. Weston’s wedding-day; but Mr. Knightley had walked in then, soon after tea, and dissipated every melancholy fancy. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Ophie made her way back to Mrs. Caruthers’s room, scrubbing at her cheeks as the old woman howled for her afternoon tea, the racket enough to wake the dead. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

We have the tea and bread and it’s one morning we’re glad to go to school where it’s warm and there are no yelling aunts. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mamita looks up from the simmering tea and stares at me, her wooden spoon frozen in midair. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father finished the rest of his tea and pursed his lips while he thought. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a surprise, they’ve bought new furniture for me, including a tea table, a desk, armchairs and a divan. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Padva to join her for tea or accompany her to the ballet are politely declined. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The servant brought them tea, which Nhamo was too distraught to drink. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I diverted her attention, yes,” Celia says after blowing gently on the surface of her steaming tea. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I take off, looking for a water dispenser with one of those hot taps for making tea, so I can quickly pour the perfect mix of hot and cold to achieve room temperature. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

On Estha’s side of the road was a tea shack that sold tea and stale glucose biscuits in dim glass cases with flies. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tea takes the edge off my dizziness, and I sit up. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The goldfish man sat down willingly on a stone seat and found a fragrant cup of tea in his hand. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

They built a small fire in the stone-lined pit in the middle of the clearing, and they boiled water for tea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Let the tea bags steep in the hot water for ten minutes. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were insistent with him at the tea party downstairs. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Afterwards she searched out a friend for tea while I walked back across the Seine to our hotel near the Palais du Luxembourg. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

"I know, I know," I mutter, measuring tea into the saucepan. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The truck traveled a few blocks farther from the tea shop, then sat idling, as if waiting for something. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She had brought along her pottery, her silver, heirlooms like the kimonos Granny had brought from Japan, tea sets, lacquered tables, and one fine old set of china, blue and white porcelain, almost translucent. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of a chamber pot, Mr. van D. was lugging a collapsible tea table under his arm. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Like Louisiana cotton. Except the black men picking it wear diapers and turbans. All over India that’s all you see. Bushes with little bitsy white tea bags blossoming. Right?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a glass of iced tea and a piece of pecan pie on the kitchen table. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patriots, disguised as Indians, dump tea into Boston Harbor in an anti-tax protest. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please. I drink lot. Too much. You take tea.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom watched me from the doorway, cradling two cups of tea. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It is not the full tea ceremony that she has performed on several occasions over the years, but as Tsukiko slowly prepares two bowls of green matcha, it is beautiful and calming nonetheless. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When they do begin to say their goodbyes, Celia is embraced no differently than anyone else, and given several invitations to meet for tea while the circus remains in London. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Over tea, we’d compare notes and be unsurprised by all the ways we are different. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then Fern and her parents came to Sunday afternoon tea at our house. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“We can research for our recipe at the food court. They have stands from all over the world. Mexican, sushi, Chinese, bubble tea.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

After lunch Mandy and I played one of my favorite games—tea party princesses—on the patio. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Yesterday I wasn’t Persian enough because I didn’t speak Farsi, because I took medicine for depression, because I brought him and Mamou fancy tea. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Often, returning in the evenings, he would find her still lying there, the tea untouched. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Look. Let's go some place and have beer instead of tea. It’s very good for young Catherine. It keeps her small.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The tray is out of my arms, the cup of hot tea sailing past my head and exploding against the wall behind me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The tea roses above her left breast had slipped from the brooch that fastened them and were hanging heads down. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Deydey’s gun required his concentrated care, and he liked tea at his elbow while he cleaned the workings and barrel. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Butso were bread, tea, and milk, and many other things we used to eat regularly that were now rare treats. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

For the merchant's part, when Koffi looked at him, he was chuckling into his tea. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He lay the bag of flies between them, and before he could take a sip of his own tea, Grandpop ripped right into the story. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was lucky that Harry had tea with Hagrid to look forward to, because the Potions lesson turned out to be the worst thing that had happened to him so far. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I give Kat some tea from my water bottle. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You like your grits sweet, like Wood used to, so you might like your tea like he liked his too—sweet.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He drank a bit of tea and watched the grindylow brandishing a fist at him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

"No, this afternoon. I happened to find out that you're taking Miss Baker to tea." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The table had already been cleared, so we got some water, made coffee and tea, boiled the milk and set the table. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I gulped down a bit of fried egg and chapati with my tea and raced out the door, just in time to catch the bus crammed with other girls on their way to school. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Her mother wants to know if you want tea.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up one of the tea lights and wave it in front of the window, a tiny hello I'm not sure he can see from there. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Grandma got pink lemonade tea for both of us, plus chicken salad sandwiches with salt-and-pepper chips. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Ma sighs, takes a biscuit, and dips it into her tea. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Having guzzled almost a whole pitcher of iced tea during lunch, he now felt like his belly was about to burst. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I thump the glass of tea on the table. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, Ronan. I think maybe we’re more like tea bags. In hot water, we just get stronger and stronger.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

They sit awhile on a rolled carpet with the trapdoor open and listen to Madame Manec hum as she makes tea in the kitchen above them. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I thank her and try to force down the bread and tea. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have some tea?” he offered, just as if he were in his home. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

If now we dial 1 g again, we make a rain of tea. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, Miss Spitty thought a cup of tea would be delightful, and Viola went off to make it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Yet, the children watched her eat cake and drink tea, and she did not feel at all self-conscious. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He even learned to drink tea without spitting it back into the cup. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

She has been different ever since Jaja was locked up, since she went about telling people that she killed Papa, that she put the poison in his tea. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mama said she didn’t want anything except a cup of hot tea. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I’m eating the biscuit Miss Larsen heats water on the stove for tea and cuts an apple into slices, arranging them on a chipped china plate from the shelf. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We were all glad to sit down and have a nice hot, strong cup of tea. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t that a lovely idea. Flowers in your tea.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She wants us to have tea with her one day She just kind of announced it.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I drink the day’s first “Swee-Touch-Nee” tea and ask what they did with Humble. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I pour the rest of my tea down the sink. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When I went in, I found a healing salve and a mug of pain-numbing tea. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The Coalwood Women’s Club was setting up a picnic table with all kinds of pastries and jugs of punch and tea. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

By 1711, the company was shipping 200,000 pounds of tea a year to England, and just forty years later, that had reached three million pounds. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Running his hand along the mouth of the jar, he started pouring the tea in. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He now resumed the book with which he had been occupied before tea. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He poured himself a cup of tea from the teakettle we had kept boiling all that day. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had crouched down in front of Joaquin upon his arrival at her house, smiled with her yellowing teeth, and said, “Do you know what iced tea is, sweetheart?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

At home, in the kitchen with my family, as the children chatter in Quichua and my parents slurp tea, I consider telling them about this honor. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on a wicker chair, the tea in her hands long cold, a folded newspaper resting on her lap. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When evening came, she reached down through the grapefruit rind, the tea leaves, and the salami casing to find it, brush it clean, and transfer it to her purse. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bet my dad berates him in between smiling at customers and answering questions about extensions and tea tree oils and treating chemically damaged hair. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Percy’s mouth tasted like Iris’s sour green tea. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

There were soft pillows on large couches and walls filled with books and a rug cut in a thick rose pattern, and iced tea in the hand, sweating, and cool on the thirsty tongue. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

They look delicious and I’m still hungry but Dad gets up and brings them to her with the tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In another cupboard are a box of tea bags, Peek Freans shortbread biscuits, a five- pound bag of sugar that has not been poured into a bowl, a tin of evaporated milk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t suppose you put the kettle on for tea?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Maryam and an older woman wearing a brown hijah—presumably her mother—were speaking in low voices and pouring tea from a kettle into a pot. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But after tea I was playing darts in the garage when the back door slammed open. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Mom handed Dad a cup of tea, me hot chocolate, and set out a plate of my favorite, Mom’s chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Somebody sipping tea where they shouldn’t be sipping it?” asked Clarence. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

For tea she went down to see Misses Spink and Forcible. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t heard Frank laugh so much for ever so long,” said Grace to Amy, as they sat discussing dolls and making tea sets out of the acorn cups. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We expect a ship soon out of Liverpool carrying the finest teas and beans. Your business will be appreciated.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though she had said, “I have brought you tea,” or as though she had said, “We can eat.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He made me go to bed and fixed me tea and sat down beside me while I drank it. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Hela. Not far now. We’ll have tea and a warm bath, and you can sleep in a bed all night...” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We all sat down in the living room, Shelly crossing her legs and sipping her tea. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Olanna placed her cup against her cheek, to warm it, to delay the first sip of weak tea made from a reused tea bag. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He turned the thick red stem between his thumb and pointer finger, then sniffed: tea and dirt and cane syrup. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t simply a question of parlors and tea trays—though there was that, too. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She brings me sweet tea, fried bread, and a bottle of water. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

As they waited at the tea stall, Ronny, who looked like the older of the two boys, clambered suddenly out of the back seat, intrigued by a goat tied to a stake in the ground. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The iced tea was almost gone, and it had actually started tasting pretty good. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It kept Buddy from asking me what I knew he was going to ask, and what he finally did ask, in a low, nervous voice, at the Belsize afternoon tea. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

"We mustn't hurry this," Miss Honey said, "so let's have another cup of tea. And do eat that other slice of bread. You must be hungry." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

We are sitting across from each other, separated by a little table with two cold cups of tea. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started to shake my head—we'd bought neither coffee nor tea in weeks—but then she said, “Oh, don't go to any trouble on my behalf. I mean, if you have some made...” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Aunt Gloria would have been better off with a cup of tea because in my book of first aid it says a hot drink is good for you if you have had a shock. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oriana’s current maid, a hairy, wizened creature named Toadfloss, brings tea and cakes, meat and jam, all piled on a massive silver tray. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The tea burned the roof of her mouth, but somehow the burning almost felt good. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Trays of colorful fruit tarts and sweet puddings dusted with a fairy-frost of sugar had also appeared, along with steaming pots of fragrant tea. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The British have finally scored a few successes in Africa and Stalingrad hasn’t fallen yet, so the men are happy and we had coffee and tea this morning. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But there they saw a crystal shop that offered refreshing mint tea. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are a very patient student. I think I am going to have another glass of tea. My throat is a little dry.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Not to trade for tea,” Seth said, holding up Goldilocks. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Kainene sat drinking a cup of tea and reading a newspaper with the light on. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He gargles with camomile tea, coats the roof of his mouth with a tincture of myrrh and rubs Mentholatum over, his chest, nose, gums and tongue. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Green set up this new galley and was soon serving up hot stews, tea, and cocoa. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Ear stirred the cup of tea he was fixing for Mother. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The worst crime you could commit as a Persian human is to not have hot tea, pastries, cucumbers, nuts, and a basket of fruit at the ready when someone enters your house. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Someone calls our names over the wall, says it’s time for tea and cake. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Con was holding a small iron cup of tea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The debate had ended with me getting a cup of lukewarm tea dumped in my lap while Raizel’s parents watched on in utter horror. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She would save some to make sandwiches and she and Odenigbo and Baby would have an English-style tea with corned beef sandwiches. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“At what point did he realize the exact degree of your indifference?” he asks, dipping his cookie in his tea. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down and sipped the strong black tea. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure. Soon, but that’s enough for now. I want to enjoy my tea,” Papa said, his mouth returning to a closed, straight line, and picked up his cup. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The tea, which tasted faintly like peppermint, she sipped slowly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then on the fifteenth, the third of the tea ships arrived. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s late and we so tired, but she get up and refill her coffee and fix me a cup a tea and I drink it slow. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Or they go to one of the hole-in-the-wall tea shops and drink tea in paper cups with heavy cream, asking the waitress in Bengali to bring them bowls of sweet yogurt and haleem. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And again you were right,” Suya said, bringing in the tea. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I grab a pot of Belle-rose tea from the tearoom and bring her a cup. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But during breakfast, Papa’s hands kept shaking, so much that he spilled his tea; I watched the liquid creep across the glass table. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Cousin Eunice poured out more cups of tea, which Dicey passed around. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

An Indian woman opened the door, a pordy, kindly housewife who offered them tea. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I poured coffee and tea, served oyster loaf and Indian pudding, carried the dirty dishes back to Eliza, and tried to keep the floor swept clean. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the summer the tea is iced and served in vintage Strong Shoulder mason jars. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I brought you some iced tea, she says. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

The water was the color of strong tea. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She ranged around the garden, smashing tea tables, kicking garden gnomes and uttering the most terrible curses. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She made his toast and tea in the morning, and helped him in and out of bed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then Baba takes a sugar cube and puts it in her mouth and sips her tea so it gets sweet that way. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

By now Mamita has finished with the dishes, and she sits next to me on the other bed and hands me a cup of steaming lemon balm tea. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward there is tea, and bowls of payesh made in honor of his birthday. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Mrs. Dawkins said, “the most delicate little waffle cookies. They nearly melted in your mouth with a cup of hot tea. Do you remember the lovely teas we had back then?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Before I could think of what to say, Mama picked up florist wire, kitchen shears, and a bucket of pink tea roses and scooted past me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He would not think of the tea ships, but of those logs in the back yard he would practice on. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, Eunjoo heated the barley tea and poured it into bowls of yesterday’s cold rice and served it with roasted seaweed, sautéed anchovies, and kimchee. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The argument with Valley and then Poppy immediately after had given her a stomachache that not even her father’s soothing guinea-hen-weed tea could help. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She dropped a tea bag into a cup and poured hot water over it. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, he looks perfectly composed and groomed, but the tag is sticking out of his sweater and the strong smell of whiskey is emanating from his tea. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The hot water is never more than lukewarm, and our mother heats water in the tea kettle and pours it into the tub for our baths. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Laleh took a tentative sip, holding her tea with both hands. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The dolls sit in booster seats, clamped onto the tables, and the waiters bring them tiny cups of doll tea. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Those who glanced over at their table at the noise assume it was their imagination, and return their attention to their own tea. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They sat down at the table while Hagrid started to make tea, and were soon immersed in yet more discussion of the Triwizard Tournament. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

By the time he got back to the kitchen, Aunt Marge had been supplied with tea and fruitcake, and Ripper was lapping noisily in the corner. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I blow on my tea to help it cool. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She would be there somewhere, in the background, making tea or feeding the little girl, her shadow falling over him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled out a small disk of bronze the size of a tea saucer, etched with delicate letters and illustrations. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sitti said she could read their fortunes in the tea leaves in the sugary bottoms of their cups. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She would go to tea at Sillington House at four o'clock on Saturday afternoon. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She went upstairs to pack, while I had tea with Laleh, which was our tradition when I didn’t have to work after school. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You must want your tea,” said the good lady, as I joined her; “you ate so little at dinner. I am afraid,” she continued, “you are not well to-day: you look flushed and feverish.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Late that night, Finn sat at the kitchen table, test prep books spread in front of him, steam curling from his fourth cup of tea. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

At tea’s end Root escorted the visitors to their carriages. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She looks up from her tea, planting her elbows on the island and leaning toward me. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

May you sleep through the sound of snoring and May you never spill hot tea on your friends. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He nodded, then took a careful sip of tea. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Outraged, the royal governor closed the port to all trade, threatening the people with starvation until they paid for the tossed tea. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tristran put down his wooden cup of tea, and stood up, offended. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

After tea, however, a shape began to emerge which brought back our spirits. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He was on vacation from his job in Assam, where he worked as an assistant manager of a tea estate. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Town Uncle beamed as he flitted around the room preparing tea. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Frankie poured some tea into his glass, before adding hot water from the samovar. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Down below, the members of the Animal Fanciers’ Society sat around the dry fountain and sipped tea. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jiichan came back with the tea and said, “Nothing fancy. Nothing fancy.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When Arturo and I sat together at the kitchen table that night, I was quiet and preoccupied, staring into my cup of tea, the only sound the knocking of the radiator. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh, how nice” the demoness said, “hut really, we don’t need it. I have tea.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helen made tea and filled a hot-water bottle for Theresa. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Angora, Mustafa Kemal let it be printed in the newspaper that he would be holding a tea at Chankaya while in actuality he’d left for his headquarters in the field. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Mama held a stoppered vial with dried flowers in it that Anya had made into tea many times. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He has the sugar of his tea spread out on the window-sill, and is reaping quite a harvest of flies. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They shared a cup of tea sitting on the bed, because there was only one chair. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you take cream or sugar with your tea?” the woman continued as if nothing unusual had occurred. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Seven shivered, and the Uncle poured her some more hot tea. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad drink iced tea and there is no biting or snarling. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Right? It’s like we tried everything. Those fried plantains from the Cuban place, and then the green tea donuts at the coffee shop. You loved those!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

When I returned to our fly, evening having fallen, I found Dr. Trefusis applying cold tea to his sunburns. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“My dad gave me extra money so I could treat you to bubble tea.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Then it was like the radiator boiling over or the tea kettle blowing its top. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I was scared. Even when she invited me for tea I was shaking. And after she invited me back in two weeks I ran. I don’t think I’m a very good Grim Reaper.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Morning servants wheel in breakfast carts and set out tea and plates. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I know it sounds extravagant but I’m going to light the fire and make more tea for it isn’t every day your father goes to England. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

One day he collects a row of old tea bags, soggy ones, and tosses them into a mug filled with orange juice. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I’d give up bubble tea and half-price tunics and seven of my eight Hanukkah gifts if it meant Dad didn’t travel so much. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

And the following morning, we had bread and tea for the first time in many months. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

If the white people left anything, my brother and I would eat well; but if they did not, we would have our usual bread and tea. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got out of bed very slowly, stretched, and took the tea cup into the front room. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laman Griffin comes home at six every night but Friday, has his tea and goes to bed till next morning. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Instead of cereal and tea bags, there were whiskey and wine bottles on top of the refrigerator, most of them nearly empty. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

One morning recently, for instance, she was out on the deck like usual drinking her tea and when I got closer I saw that she’d floated up into the air. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My legs were still shaky from the walk and, before deciding whether to fight the edict or leave, I asked for a cup of tea. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He gets up early on weekdays, lights the fire, boils water for the tea and his shaving mug. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She went into the kitchen, put the tea in the teapot and set the kettle to boil. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their parents left them after the big delicious dinner and two rounds of hot tea with mint and sugar. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Let us see what’s in your dragonfly box and we’ll join, you say, before The Mac starts, get this, rapping: Hey, DJ, Drop That Beat The Mac drinks tea in a dragonfly mug. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She explained that at midmorning, the tea-man arrived in the front parlor with tea on a tray and a number of cups. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the girl who sells him tea barely registers him, turning quickly to her next customer. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I wish I was at Grandma’s and could have some of her barley tea. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The grains dissolved easily in the hot tea, but they clouded the wine. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

One who was as soft as bird feathers and loved sharing quiet cups of tea in the morning. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Helen looked at her watch, stood up, and poured the rest of her tea into the sink. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

About the time their tea was brought, the choir member caught me staring over at her party. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She gives us mugs of tea and cuts of fried bread and we sit at the table eating quietly because you’re not supposed to say a word unless she tells you. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She accepts a cup of sweet tea when I bring it to her but says nothing. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Beta, have some tea with us?” my dad asks. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Godly glamour moms who invited your friends over for tea and guy talk—that was just mortifying. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Arnold was none the worse for wear and made a pitcher of his special iced tea for us. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Poppet blinks, looking up at the chandeliers as though seeing them for the first time, before turning back to Celia to accept the cup of tea. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“The ladies...where I give lessons...well...they offer me a cup of tea afterwards.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It tasted, he thought—but did not say—like tea—complex and fine and not too sweet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As a server, though, I am beset by requests as if by bees: more iced tea here, catsup over there, a to-go box for table 14, and where are the high chairs, anyway? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Search the skies, if you will.... Hagrid, I could do with a cup of tea. Or a large brandy.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Chucha brews me a tea of hierbabuena leaves that makes the flutter in my chest and the cramps in my tummy go away. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Servants came and went with silver trays laden with spices and tea. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She refilled our glasses with impossibly sweet tea and urged us to go for seconds and then thirds. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was an antique parchment, the pale brownish color of a tea stain. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Then she gets up and does a full court curtsy out of Richard III, with the women shoppers having tea in Murray’s gawking at her. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A black earthenware pot of tea steamed there, and Sister Ailan gestured to Taisin to take a seat while she poured the tea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Despite his joking manner, Pinmei knew Yishan had given it to her in kindness, and it made her feel as if she were drinking a warm cup of tea. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She left the iced tea on the counter and ran out of the cafe. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She takes another sip of tea through the sugar cube before she replies. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I watched her as she drank lemonade tea. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Kabuo stood at the wheel in his cabin with a cup of green tea on the table behind him and flipped once more through the radio channels. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I twisted off the lid to my thermos filled with iced tea. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

After the ham, macaroni and cheese, fried okra, biscuits, green beans swimming in butter, and sweet tea, Mama and Aunt Lena cleared the table and brought out the pies. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

When I took cupping classes at Rose City Teas, we always had to smell the tea leaves both before and after they had been steeped. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Don’t eat too many. If we’re going to make Operation High Tea work, you need to leave room for tea and scones.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I turned my gaze to our rooftop, found Baba and Rahim Khan sitting on a bench, both dressed in wool sweaters, sipping tea. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Hameed pulls off her hijab and brings out some fresh tea and fruit. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Max is sitting up in the bed when I come in, and from the empty cup, I see Helena has made him tea. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“My grandma don’t allow me to drink tea.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad and Babou sat alone at the kitchen table, sipping tea and talking quietly. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I set the pot over the stove’s burner and check the cabinets for tea selections and decide on peppermint. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He put a cube of sugar between his teeth and sipped slowly from the glass, letting the tea soak through the sugar. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He reaches for his mug of tea from the side table and takes a sip. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

When he’s done, Johnny leaves the mug and the mangled, leaking tea bags where they lie. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

There was an intake of breath from behind him, and both Lavender and Parvati whispered, “Oooh, no, Harry, remember your tea leaves!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Never again would they come for tea; never would they invite her to their houses. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Taisin raised the tea to her lips again, the steam wafting into her eyes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Two sugars, no milk,” she called from the sitting room as Conor made the tea. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Clearing his throat, Grandpa asks me for a cup of barley tea. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

His parents did not need tea, the man said. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She picks up her cup of tea and then without taking a sip puts it down again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Finally he slammed down three bucket-sized mugs of mahogany-brown tea in front of them and a plate of his rock cakes. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“A bit to the left, dear,” Az said, dropping a white cube into his tea. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The tea, he realized peevishly, was the most delicious thing he had ever drunk. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

When Poppy went to the kitchen to get a fresh pitcher of tea, she leaned forward and said gently, “We’re not Jewish, you know.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She added that the glass of milk and the crackers that schoolchildren used to receive each day had been discontinued, and that mothers were quieting their children’s hunger with cups of tea. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gets up early, pours boiling water into a proper teapot, and puts the tea cozy over it to keep it warm. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She put water on to boil and then sat down across from me and picked at the tea until she could hold up one of the small white, delicate blossoms. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little dainty old lady took care of me, moving starchily with a silver tea service on a tray and bringing me a glass of elderberry wine each evening for my health’s sake. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpop raised his eyebrows well above the top of his sunglasses, letting Genie know he was serious about getting the tea himself. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Once the cups were set out, and Henry had poured the tea, somber as a mandarin, we began to talk about the madnesses induced by the gods: poetic, prophetic, and, finally, Dionysian. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As Cook handed her the tea service, which was somehow even heavier than the oatmeal tray, she’d made certain to warn Ophie that the dishes were valuable. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

There will be tea, sugar, flour, milk, butter and a separate docket for a bag of coal from Sutton’s coal yard on the Dock Road. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I called up Daisy from the office next morning and invited her to come to tea. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Barris puts his pencil down and pours himself a cup of tea. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He doesn't offer to have tea with me, which I was hoping would become a habit. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I shot my hand out and dumped the cinnamon tea into his lap, hoping his legs hurt as much as mine did as I marched outside. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘You heard Sam Adams. If possible, the ships will sail home again with their tea. We’ve got twenty days.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hangs up the phone, prepares her tea, returns to the table. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In Farsi, hel means “cardamom,” which is what makes Persian tea so delicious, and dam means “to steep.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Why, have tea and chat, obviously. Come with me!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She flashed back to her tea party with Piper, Hazel, and Aphrodite in Charleston. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Johnny got them off and kicked them and the many pounds of tea they held into the harbor. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, the eggs I'd left him were untouched in their bowl, the tea bag dry in the cup. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

"We shall have tea, and you must tell me all about it. Once you're settled back in. Eh?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘Mrs. de Winter won’t be in to tea till five o’clock.’ Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then he was in the study, carrying a tray with three glasses of tea, sugar, spoons, and some of his mother’s cookies. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

When we go home Mam makes tea and bread and jam or mashed potatoes with butter and salt. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was a tailored tie-silk dressing gown, beige, with a pretty pattern of minute pink tea roses. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He said, “I brought you some tea, ma’am.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Babou’s unnecessary and humiliating lesson in how to dam tea had one benefit: I now knew where Mamou kept her tea and hel. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I light tiny tea candles beneath a chafing dish to start melting a skin-color pastille. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Conant was already home in Cambridge, preparing with his wife to greet students arriving for a weekly four o’clock tea. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Not many of the men I knew drank tea. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Giti had secretly met him twice for tea, fifteen minutes each time, at a small teahouse on the other side of town, in Taimani. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t even glance at the herbal teas, I go straight for the real, vile coffee. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A woman with gray hair brings her a mug of tea and tells her, Sure, I’m the sergeant’s wife and he said you might need help. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then she completed whatever housekeeping chores Cousin Eunice had assigned before she went to fetch her family, played briefly with them, prepared dinner and made Cousin Eunice’s cup of tea. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no other reason they’d squeeze in here for tea, which they prefer to take leisurely—a reminder of what life was before. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Caroline seemed intrigued by the idea through the entire length of tea in the cushioned, flower-wallpapered calm of their grandmother’s Cambridge parlor. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We might even wind up having tea and cakes at the Savoy Cafe with the nobs and toffs of Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ash shrugged and went to deliver the message, but her stepmother insisted that she bring Ana a boiled egg and some tea. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the chop suey, rice, and tea were all gone, he leaned back and took out a pack of cigarettes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello there, you two! Are you staying up here all day? You’ll miss afternoon tea if you don’t hurry. There’ll be precious little left with three squirrels, three voles, and Basil Stag Hare as guests.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

In the basket also lay a box of donuts and mini-cartons of iced tea. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She was supposed to drink dittany tea sweetened with molasses, but it tasted too horrible. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I add a dainty flowered teacup and some English digestive biscuits to the breakfast tray so Mom can have tea in bed. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Like a White Russian drinking tea in Paris, marooned in the twentieth century, I wander back, try to regain those distant pathways; I become too maudlin, lose myself. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes a sip of her tea, now stone cold. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She has a huge sweet tooth. I know your mom’s been buttering her up—bringing her Pakistani candy, making her sweet chai tea.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Come,” the father said, “have some tea. My wife will bring out some cakes and snacks.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Baba sipped cups of tea and chatted with the other parents while Neel took the four-hour test. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Abbot comes home at five and makes tea downstairs and even though I’m hungry I know he’ll grumble if I ask him for anything. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Professor McGonagall told me,” said Lupin, passing Harry a chipped mug of tea. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he imagined that leaving would make Papa’s promise of tea with milk disappear. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sip my tea and wish she would sit down and eat with me, but I know she has to get out the door. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Alex said nothing as Jack unlocked the door and let them in, but while she went into the kitchen to make some tea, he quickly looked around the house. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then, when Maurice failed to disengage himself immediately, I feared that out of politeness he would ask Rosy to join us for tea. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

After he had a cup of tea he cleaned out the gash and put a bandage on it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

There was a Christmas bauble tied to the loop on top of his tea cozy. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I’ll buy you tea. Or a coffee. Whatever you want. I miss you.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She bustled off to get tea; when she had gone Van Helsing said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gibbs poured iced tea into a mason jar. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dalton sat in the corner, sipping an iced tea and reading a book. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our father makes a small fire to boil water in a billy tin for tea. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The colonists stole all that tea and dumped it into the harbor. That was the same thing as a riot.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Figures, I’m starving and she’s over here having tea parties and pontificating.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

There was a bowl of salad, two slices of toast, and tea with honey. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poured the tea and held out the bread. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You could say that. Come inside and I will brew some tea.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I can’t even bring the cup of tea to my mouth. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I asked her, “What would happen if all the tea in China suddenly fell from the sky and landed on us?” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then there were more responsible councillors in extraordinary hats, some of which were like tea- cosies, some turbans, some bird wings, some muffs. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francesca came at eight thirty, carrying a cup of tea and dragging a small wooden ladder, the one she put out every year for the wishmakers. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A few days after I had moved in with the Mabuthos, I was having tea with them when a visitor arrived. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The year Buttercup turned ten, the most beautiful woman lived in Bengal, the daughter of a successful tea merchant. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, Emma went down to the drawing room for tea as usual. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both dark brown, so of course I drink a gulp of the most salty, most bitter, most fishy tea ever. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Now this was a definite shift from where we’d started which was all about them bringing me cups of tea and holding my hand and exactly when the shift occurred I couldn’t tell you. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malachy and I have to leave the table so the big people can sit and have tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

There were no artificial flavorings in Rose City’s tea. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

To top it off, she has a pitcher-sized cup of sweet tea. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

If he’s refusing tea, then what are we supposed to make forced conversation over? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My mom stares into the four cups of tea at the counter, entranced by the little milk eddies she stirs up in each one. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He rolled the bottom of the teapot around on the cardamom pods to pop them open, then scooped them up and dropped them in with the tea leaves. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She puts on the kettle for the tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Tell Mam I’m taking care of myself and I don’t need her tea and fried bread, thank you very much. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She asked me to make her herb tea and to turn on the radio real soft. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The tea was tooth-achingly sweet, and Ophie sucked it down gratefully after a day spent running tea trays up and down the grand staircase. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

With the precision of a chemist, Baroness Hoover dropped three cubes of sugar into her tea. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Father sipped his tea and set the cup down carefully on the dirt floor. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man took a long look at him, then went back to stirring his tea. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She tells me if I’m delivering papers out there to come to the house for tea and a sandwich. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Forever. It’s over, man. No booze. How about some tea?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I left for a while but couldn't stop worrying, so I went back to make myself tea. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She smiles a little and looks down at her tea. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Eliot drank soda from a paper cup, Mrs. Sen steeped a tea bag with sugar and cream. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Will we ever go home?” she asked Poppy after an evening walk up to the small grocery to smell the air and buy new wooden clothespins and a box of loose tea. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

An aunt carried cups of the tea on two trays balanced on her shoulders with a stick for anyone to take. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I'll miss my visits to the library, and Starry's and my tea parties with scones, clotted cream, and cucumber sandwiches. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Scarlett said that she didn’t want a cup of tea, thank you. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Dad drinks his tea but gives us his bread and Mam says, Will you eat your bread, for God’s sake. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The tea was like the bath: it made her stronger. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I read the next line: I’ve been carrying luggage and pouring tea just to make money so my family can eat. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She reached over to the pot and began to pour more tea into their mugs. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I forget to drink my tea until the room turns it cold. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He stood beneath her window one evening and played his military march and his waltz just as she was taking tea with a group of female friends. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unruffled, Tanin settled in behind the desk and blew across the surface of her tea. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There was much more than she'd asked for: hot bread, butter and honey and blackberry preserves, a rasher of bacon and a soft- boiled egg, a wedge of cheese, a pot of mint tea. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She talked Jamaica, more song than words, and brought bitter tea to my mouth and made the world smell of lemons and told me to sleep. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom brought me a cup of hot tea with lemon. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon when I got home from school, Betty Jean was in the kitchen making sweet tea. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never heard of such a thing, and I would sit at the table drinking sweet iced tea, wondering if this was the reason June smiled so little. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa and Dadi were having their last cup of tea for the night and Rashid Uncle sat at the table carving like he usually did. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Miss Forcible was sitting in one of the armchairs, knitting hard.They poured Coraline a cup of tea in a little pink bone china cup, with a saucer. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Plates were filled, coffee and tea was poured. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

There she is with a plate of bread and jam and two cups of tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Gran sipped on her tea, her gaze unfocused. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She measured tea leaves in her hand and threw them in. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the ladies served them weak tea and soda crackers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother sat all day with an untouched glass of tea and watched it cool. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The boy was secretly scooping tea into his breeches. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When things were really bad for the family, they boiled clean sugarcane pulp to make what Lili called her special sweet water tea. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

If you were a guest you would be treated with kindness and tea and all the best food they could offer. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Thus they talked back and forth drinking tea, and the second son took his fill of what he saw and he went away, and Wang Lung was eased of his second son. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Ophie balanced the tea tray, wincing every time the dishes rattled the least little bit. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I rang for the tea, and the waiter, reappearing with his magic clue, brought in by degrees some fifty adjuncts to that refreshment, but of tea not a glimpse. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to be alone again, and did not want to face another belated tea at Manderley. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And then it came to me: at the crowded tea shop in Peshawar, that night I’d gone for a walk. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were interrupted by Miss Bennet, who came to fetch her mother’s tea. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Once Cook had prepared the tea set, Ophie hefted the tray and took it up to the old woman’s room. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Mam tells us go to bed, she’ll be after us in a minute as soon as she climbs to the loft with Laman’s last mug of tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, you’ll get the hang of it eventually,” he said, patting her cheeks dry with a tea towel. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The liquid was pale green, the color of Japanese green tea. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Michael is only six but when he brings old men home he manages to get the fire going and give them tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then Prim gets a towel and dries my hair, combing out the knots, while my mother coaxes tea and toast into me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Do not just stand there like a statue. Fetch me a pot of tea.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Sitting around the kitchen table we had a sad, makeshift dinner of canned mushroom soup, soda crackers, and tea without sugar or milk. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lady Constance smiled again and stirred her tea. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

After my cousins leave for school, I go downstairs to make some tea. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Iced tea. That will help. Yes, it would. Of course with sugar and a slice of lemon...” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

"I don't suppose you have such a thing as a bottle of something spirituous upon you? Or perchance a pot of hot, sweet tea?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I placed the coaster with the glass of iced tea on the nightstand. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

"I don't usually talk so much," Anu says, sipping her tea. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Active and the Kingfisher, British men-of-war, stood by ready to blast them out of the water if they obeyed the Town and returned to London with the tea. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other dangles a porcelain teacup full of Belle-rose tea, an anesthetic drink steeped from the roses that grow on our island. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The pump was near a mile from the tea water back down the island to the Lockton house, a long journey carrying heavy buckets that stretched my arms into sore ribbons. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to the kitchen and he was sitting there with his tea, smoking and reading the Korean-language newspaper. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I might be drinking iced tea with a crazy woman. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I got up and poured a cup of tea for Father and set it down in front of him. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the sun rose, she sipped the tea, feeling her body slowly coming to life. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A cup of tea, a conversation—did he have no time for that? The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It tingles as it flows through me, filling me like steeped honeybush tea poured into black porcelain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Justyce picks up his glass and gulps down the rest of his tea. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I was looking at the ocean and waiting for the steward to bring me a cup of beef tea. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had tea with Father Martin three days in a row. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

We were sitting at the same large table, drinking tea and eating roasted watermelon seeds. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, late at night, after everyone had left and the place was cleaned up, they would sit for tea amid the empty tables, the three of them, tired but thankful for their good fortune. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She set her tea down on her desk and flipped open her calendar. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She saw herself sitting on the spacious porch of some fine riverside hotel, sipping tea and watching the sun descend. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Her maman would set up tea parties with sugar cakes and marzipan rose creams just for us. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I prepared breakfast for them and made them tea in the late morning and afternoon. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would accept a cup of tea with a quiet nod of thanks, and maybe smile and maybe make a joke. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it didn’t matter, because I knew that when the tea burned my tongue, it burned Papas love into me. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll make some extra tea for Tony and take it to his mama,” Stella’s mother told her as they pushed their way through some brambles. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Thirty minutes later, I bring over a mug of the hot tea. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

They were drinking sweet tea and listening to the radio, Grandpop’s box of money—the rainy day stash—in Dad’s lap. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The tea seemed to be doing him good; a little of his color had returned. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I went to the porch and sipped iced tea and Edith was reading this book and she didn't put it down when she said, ‘That’s not necessarily true, you know.’ The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They drank tea and warmed their hands at a stove. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

People gathered for warmth around a cast-iron stove where someone was making tea. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

‘Yes. God give us strength to resist. That tea cannot be allowed to land.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We make tea and fried bread and sit on the kitchen floor. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then Mom remembered her tea and took a long sip. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

After the examination, the doctor asked me if I would like some tea. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then tell him we’ll have something to eat as soon as I drink my tea.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

To tell the truth, the Tynmores lived on the “tea” they got from their pupils. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Walter was no cup a tea and if Miss Hilly saw anything relating to that, I don’t know what’s gone happen to us. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Far out in the harbor, tea clotted the brilliancy of sun upon the water. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It reminded him slighdy of the rooibos tea Mother gave them on cold mornings. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He would have liked the woman to think that they made nothing of tea leaves in this house. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I think of Esme’s collection of spoons and her wall of teacups and how she lets me choose whatever cup I want when she has me over for tea. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The She Elephant bought loaves of hot bread and mugs of sweet milky tea from street vendors. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had hoped the dead woman on the side of the road might have something—thread, tea, even a clean handkerchief. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We would find her in there talking to Our Lady like they were two neighbors having sweet iced tea. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are serving tea, sir, though calling it chocolate so as not to agitate the sensibilities of Patriots.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

On our third cup of tea, Mama began to tell me about her husband and his role as a freedom fighter during apartheid. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I took cold & was up all night with bone trouble and am living on toast & tea,” he wrote on Friday, April 28. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Would she still be able to have tea with her? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our parents didn't speak to each other, but Ma served tea, sang that Tagore song, and—according to Baba's version—fireworks exploded and a thousand sitars burst into music. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the tea was helping, and the little drip-drops from the glass on Genie’s legs were helping even more. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Tally swallowed, tasting something more bitter than tea in the back of her throat. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

At breakfast this morning, when I dropped sugar into my tea, I slipped two lumps into my pocket. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She says, Do you want a cup of tea? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She lets us sit on the floor around the fire where we eat the fried bread and sip at the scalding sweet tea in jamjars. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A gliding servant served a choice of two kinds of tea as Prince Faisal talked. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother finally went to work as a cook and left me and my brother alone in the flat each day with a loaf of bread and a pot of tea. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hagrid was sitting at his table, where there were two large mugs of tea. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

That morning an apple and a glass of milk were enough for him; because he touched neither coffee or tea, he was accustomed to begin the day on a cold stomach. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he was still smiling when he called Aunty Ifeoma soon after we got back home, before he had his tea. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s been a lot of tea about lately. They’ve captured India, or something,” she said vaguely. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We look around the grocery store, spending a lot of time in the candy aisle observing how different the flavors are—green tea Kit Kat bars, wasabi drops, squid-flavored gummies, and melon soda. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I would ask Robert to bring me my tea under the chestnut tree. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As he begins to lecture Amit about the state of the Bangladeshi economy, I sit quietly and finish my fourth cup of tea since the morning. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was the great sails of the tea ships. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee made a great stir coming in with the tea. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I take my laptop downstairs and make a cup of tea. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Governor took another slow sip of tea. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

You watched, fascinated, as he poured steaming tea from one glass tumbler into another, until a layer of froth bubbled across the rim. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But then the trains had come, and the SS officer had laughed when Max tried to bring his parents tea. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The tea was too hot, and it was more water than tea, but it was drinkable. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

You don’t have tea with a Muslim’s wife. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suspect it is the property of Countess Andrenyi, since her luggage contained only a chiffon negligee so. elaborate as to be more a tea gown than a dressing gown. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Continuing a Raj-era tradition established by expeditions of yore, every morning Chhongba and his cook boy, Tendi, came to each client’s tent to serve us steaming mugs of Sherpa tea in our sleeping bags. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She takes a sip of tea and winces, detecting a faint film of dishwashing liquid on this section of the rim, chiding herself for being careless about rinsing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I gave him tea, but he drank just a little bit, just half cup. So I tell to him, ‘Scott, please, we go fast down.’ Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was Mother sitting at the table, holding a cup of tea. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It reminded me of the present, and that tea would soon be ready for me on the lawn. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They stayed for tea, of course, and instead of a lazy nibbling of cucumber sandwiches under the chestnut tree, we had the paraphernalia of a stiff tea in the drawing-room, which I always loathed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But after we had brewed the tea in the teapot, she sniffed at the spout appreciatively. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Tucker in the far corner, forgetting that he was refilling someone’s tea and letting the cup overflow. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

And the needs of his old body for food and for hot tea were more keen than for anything. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She stopped for a moment and reached down and grabbed my cup of tea. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

"I thought Julian would like the name because he sent me the invitation to tea in the book, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Immie opened the cooler and found two bottles of homemade iced tea. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But before I can beg her to spill the beans, Justin rushes into the kitchen and pulls the turkey tea cozy off Mom’s head. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She had also brought me two new pairs of drawstring pajamas, a letter from my brother, and a packet of loose Darjeeling tea. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

While sipping his tea, he said, “Oh, by the way, I just saw your son on the path leaving the village.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe even the president himself, and Mrs. Washington for tea. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That shelf would have the tea glass and the tray with paper clips and rubber bands, because literature has not been the focus of this dynasty. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know that I’m so set on tea,” said Mrs. Hubbard tearfully. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took no notice, but worked steadily and skillfully to build up the fire and set the pan to heat some water for tea. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I hide in an adjacent tea salon to avoid the newsies until we return to the Belle apartments. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She says her mother would like me to come and see her, have a cup of tea with her. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He has his tea and leaves the house early for the long walk into the country. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

There had been many a moderate man who had thought the Tea Party a bit lawless and was now ready to vote payment for the tea. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bridey drags on her Woodbine, drinks her tea and declares that God is good. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mamou was at the kitchen table, drinking her own cup of tea, when I brought the basket of cleaned sabzi into the kitchen. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The ice, a commodity unavailable at the motel, is for iced tea, which I brew by letting tea bags soak in a plastic cup of water overnight. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gives me two shillings to have tea and a bun for my birthday. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The families showed their gratitude by offering Luma tea and inviting her to dinner. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Me and Grandma had tea and then she told me about a little Puerto Rican nurse she had met in the hospital and how smart she had been. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The belly of the teapot would be warm, full of raspberry tea. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

That’s because our tea is rich and milky with spices in it, and our sweets are nutty, moist, and decadent. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Barbed wire edges this barren, infinite wilderness, just a line of stitching along a gray tea towel. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I see Gram singing and humming as she pours the tea. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Ishmael returned to his tea in the study, where he pondered his father’s books. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mam made tea and fried bread, and once more Dad dabbed at our bites with the salty water. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She got up and poured them each a cup of tea. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once we were seated and Mrs. Brenner had put a kettle of tea on the small potbelly stove in the corner, she turned to me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

After I replenished our strategically located sample thermoses with fresh tea, I refilled the plastic cups at each station. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

You can buy millions of little decorated cups, with tiny saucers, for Arabic coffee and tea. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Two grandmothers are in a bidding war over the child’s antique tea set. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The only thing that flowed more than tea in those aisles was Afghan gossip. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want the tea, but I coaxed and bullied until he swallowed it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She takes a sip of her tea while I type her last words. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I get cereal and a cup of tea and head to my table. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“They’d rot if I didn’t watch them. Go out and bring in the tea tray.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he filled a kettle from the brook and boiled it up for tea. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It could be argued that it began long before Christianity arrived in a boat and seeped into Kerala like tea from a teabag. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put on her spectacles, glanced at the cupboards, and spotted my tea bags. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

John didn’t speak, he just panted down his fear while the makeshift tea brewed, then took the cup with a nod as I said, “It’ll quiet you.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Probably Serena Joy has been here before, to this house, for tea. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sent the butler robot for tea with cream and sugar. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now everyone is looking at me, including the maid, a different one from the door, as she hands me a glass of tea. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I didn't need a mug until I started drinking tea or coffee, and that wouldn't be until high school or college. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

As a people group, Persians are genetically predisposed to like tea. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Written around the edge were things like Time to make tea, Time to feed the chickens, and You’re late. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Mom is sitting at the table with a cup of tea in one hand and her citizenship book in the other. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She finished her drink, the ginger tea easing her stomach. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She sits in front of the fire in her bedroom, drinking a cup of nettle tea from a clay mug shaped like a snake, its tail coiling to make the handle. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“A quiet Shabbat where we can talk and not be disturbed. We will sit and drink tea and talk.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Before the official meeting begins, the women eat and sip tea, and catch each other up on the community happenings. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The man gulped down the tea and babbled at them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, while Claire watched, she strained the dark tea and poured it carefully into small bottles, which she corked tightly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Dad lights the fire in the morning, makes the tea, toasts the bread in the fire. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mint is good because we drink mint tea after supper often, so it tricks my stomach into thinking eating time is over. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When she entered the cafe, wearing her nurse’s cape, startling him from a pleasant daze, he stood too quickly and knocked his tea. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Possibly the cup of tea was Dudley’s idea of a clever booby trap. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then from a strange and contrary fever of love Wang Lung would not go again to the great tea house until the affair was arranged. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Loose too. Bet you thought tea grew in little bags.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the years leading up to the American Revolution, the women of New England refused to buy English products and English tea. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

He carried a pot of tea to her door, knocked softly, opened the door, and went in. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them would sit for tea and then Jalil would excuse himself. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Brother Khoi hands it out in the same white cups as tea. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

If it got too moist, we were afraid that the moisture would condense on the coldest equipment, just as a pitcher of ice tea on a hot summer day gets dripping wet on the outside. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helena puts a cup of tea in front of me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The tea was mild, tasting like the air after a rainstorm, when all the grass and plants smell green and earth is damp. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I ate the egg, I ate the sausage, and when I reached for more sugar for my tea she slapped my hand away. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They were talking among themselves and drinking tea. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh! Guess what? There’s a new bubble tea place opening today. They’re giving out free samples. Let’s go check them out!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He had brewed them tea, and now poured it for them, offering cream but no sugar. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He was always listening to slightly eerie Indian music in his earbuds, and he was constantly telling her that her “aura wasn’t vibrant enough” and she should drink more tea. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Like a robot, I finish my tea, return to my bedroom, and shut off that internal switch to make my real feelings go away. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In the morning Dad is lighting the fire, making tea, cutting the bread. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Once you join the residents in forgetting about the functioning humans they once were, you can think of them as a band of wizened toddlers at a tea party. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia half expects him to pull pink tea roses from behind his back as he used to when he returned from his trips to distant provinces. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch as she spoons loose tea into a strainer and pours the boiling water over it into two cups. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

In Rocinante I heated water in a tea kettle and took sponge baths, but bathing in a bucket delivers little cleanliness and no pleasure whatever. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask Madam Claire about the other Belles at the teahouse at least once a day, and she sweeps away my questions like dust from a tea table. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He was regarding Ekon much the way one might regard a spider in their morning tea. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Laleh always took her tea with three cubes of sugar and one cube of ice, and she always clanged the teaspoon against the sides of her glass teacup as she stirred. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They sit in the kitchen and I can’t hear their words, but I hear murmurs and spoons clinking around in cups and Dadi’s slippers shuffling about as she makes Papa tea. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At eleven o’clock, Miss Lieberman informed us that tea had arrived. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was twenty-five and had already been working on the tea estates for six years. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped off the couch, causing Mother to spill tea all over her dress. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had seen lots of Persians drink their tea this way—sipping it through a cube of sugar—but I was categorically opposed to sweetening tea in any way. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I have only drunk tea as yet,” replied Wang Lung and he was half ashamed. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He brings Mam’s toast and tea but she waves it away and turns to the wall. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She nattered on about the spectacle whilst assembling the tea things for Madam and Lady Seymour, who had come again to call. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ripper can have some tea out of my saucer,” said Aunt Marge as they all proceeded into the kitchen, leaving Harry alone in the hall with the suitcase. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Lunch of soup, bread and jam, and cocoa was at 1:00 P.M., tea was at 4:00 P.M., and dinner, the most substantial meal of the day, was at 6:00 P.M. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

They came in and I passed around a tray with cups, tea, milk and sugar. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am dying for an Easy-Bake oven,” I said passionately, “and a tea set!” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She took a sip of hot tea to bolster herself. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

That morning, we were waiting, my two friends and I, for the ambulance to come, and J.T. took a swig from his bottle of green tea. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then another bigfoot, only its fur is gray, and it’s dressed in a fancy red suit and sipping a cup of tea. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then someone was shaking his arm, telling him that it was time for tea. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

There were already tea and cookies on the coffee table. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took his own tea with Pippin and Sam Gamgee in the kitchen. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He slurped his tea and didn’t ask more; Rahim Khan had always been one of the most instinctive people I’d ever met. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sometime between eleven and twelve every night, he would return from wherever he had been, have a glass of tea, spend a few minutes with me in my room, then go into his study. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Pouring mustard tea on the girls’ cuts and bruises, and keeping them at their tasks with spellbinding tales of her Baltimore days and the child she had cared for there. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Why did you put it in his tea?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the old days around here, though, people had smoked grass much as they drank tea or chokecherry wine. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stomped around, brewing up tea in his enormous copper kettle, muttering all the while. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He also said "tea" and "eat" are made of the same letters anyway, so pretending to eat was pretty much the same as pretending to drink. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

And after, when he’d gone home, Johnnie Mae made tea for him and offered it as he sat wearily in the faded, overstuffed chair they had somehow inherited from his married sister. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think tea is really the solution to this.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Apollo 9 had called theirs Gumdrop and Spider, which I thought were neat names because the command module teas shaped like a gumdrop and the lunar module did look sort of like a spider. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t we make a fine pair?” said Mr. Benedict, pouring himself a cup of tea. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

If I have to ask one of my parents a question, I’ll pick him, because Mother is hot black tea, so strong, she’s almost coffee. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bree brings out the tea tray, and she takes a cup. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Church was a trusted Patriot, a tea tosser at the Boston Tea Party, a Son of Liberty, and an adviser to the Second Continental Congress. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy asks for a cup of coffee, Mother and I for iced tea. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I had raised the cup to take a sip of tea, but I put it down on the floor next to me, harder than I mean to, and some of it spills over. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Cecilia had carried up trays of tea to her mother’s room—as spectacularly squalid as her own—thinking some intimate conversations might develop. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Instead, he just crumbled a bublitchi between his fingers and gazed distantly into his cup of tea. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I’d made a gallon of iced tea earlier and brought out four full glasses. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Come, Isabel. You need to peel the potatoes. Would Madam like some tea or coffee?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning he lights the fire early so that we can have sausages and bread and tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We drink our tea while Alphie chews the last bit of bread covered with sugar. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Baba shakes his head as he drops sugar into his tea. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to believe there will not be polite clapping after this speech, and tea and cookies served on the lawn. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a long, slow sip of my tea. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

After his meal and after he had washed his sunburnt body in cool water and had rinsed his mouth with tea, Wang Lung went in to look at his second son. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

They have their trays lowered and are drinking tea and playing Snap, fumbling the slippery cards, laughing like cars on gravel when they cheat or make mistakes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He holds a steaming mug with a tea bag string draped over the side. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A cup of Lipton tea grows slowly cold by her hand. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever Otto’s bottle went cold, I carried it to the water boiler my mom used to make tea, bathing it in hot water until it was body temperature. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Here! You spilled that tea on purpose!” cried the woman who had lost the horse. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Visitors never had to ask for cream with their coffee or jam for their tea. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

My mother poured out tea sweetened with sugar into the teacup, and threw this into the sea. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He returns with a coffee for himself, and the chips and the tea, along with a paper cup of milk the bartender has given him instead of the regulation container of cream. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

My tea is warm, the Liars are beautiful, Cuddledown is beautiful. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I can picture her sitting at our breakfast table, her hands wrapped around a steaming mug of green tea and her dark hair pulled into a ponytail with a few stray curls framing her face. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He went down the stairs and found the merchant waiting on a foreign couple, while two other customers walked about the shop, drinking tea from crystal glasses. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to the dining hall and had a late breakfast of tea and soft-boiled eggs, the first thing I’d eaten since Thursday. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You did not tell me that. Why does not Norah bring in the tea?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Coffee, then? Or tea or soda or filtered water?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Just making myself a cup of tea. Care to join me?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke to her in Russian, and she nodded and took a glass and filled it with hot tea from the samovar. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t one of your tea parties! Do you want me to feed him cookies? Poor Mellower,” he said in a wheedling tone. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She sits at the table with a pot of tea, cups and saucers, plenty of bread, butter, cold meats of all kinds. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I sat against the edge of the couch and balanced my tea on my kneecap, but Dad reached out and pulled me closer. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

There, a man asked me to help him pour tea, a new task. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Lee was pretty certain they didn’t like tea, and if they did, they weren’t likely to favor the kind he had brewed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My list included lemonade cupcakes—inspired by Grandma’s tea—and a sweet and savory cupcake that included potato chips. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I went without reason, and stood a moment looking at the gaping wardrobe and the empty bed, and the tray of tea upon the table. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Except tea and cakes. And your own excellent perfume, of course.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I was staring at him that night, and staring into a cold cup of tea, thinking. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He stopped and quietly asked, "Do you know, Mrs. Olinski, how Julian first invited The Souls to tea?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Honey poured the tea and added a little milk to both cups. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Genie flat-out stared, but when Grandpop closed the fridge, a big jug of tea in his hand, Genie turned away fast, just in case the old man could somehow see him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Papa sat down at the table and poured his tea from the china tea set with pink flowers on the edges. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I duck as servants set the veranda for afternoon tea. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

"Why are you asking me? You're the one who had tea with him." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And with every cup of tea came several spoonfuls of sugar. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

As he poured two cups of hot tea he said, “I required time alone with the spirits. That time has now passed. All will be fine. The rains will come.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

When the tea was ready, she drank noisily to show her appreciation. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom woke Harry the next morning with his usual toothless grin and a cup of tea. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He drinks his tea and tells us stories and shows us letters and words in the Daily News or he smokes a cigarette, stares at the wall, runs his tongue over his lips. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She brings tea but the look of it makes me sick and I have to throw up in the bucket. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I asked him if he wanted some tea. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Celia returned with the tea, Tam Lin shrugged and said, “In answer to your question, lad, you’re fourteen years old.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sip tea in long stretches of silence. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Words and stories blurred together in his mind, like hot tea poured over ink. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Even as Johnny upended a chest and helped get the tea over the rail, he kept an eye on Dove. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at him for a clue, but he was sipping his tea calmly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

As we sipped tea and readied our gear for the climb, nobody said much. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It is butter and creamy tea, as warm as Papa's arms, freckled like Papa's arms, strong and foundational like Papa's arms. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ll make you some mint tea,” she added, reaching up into the pantry to grab a tea bag and a mug. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He shouted at Harry for about half an hour and then told him to go and make a cup of tea. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It looked like a nice place to sip mint juleps or sweet tea. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Twill finds two tin cups in her pack and I dip out the tea, setting it on the floor to cool. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She adds in a pinch of baking soda, and then when the water’s boiling, puts in the tea bags, all tied together. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A royal attendant fetches the teapot from the center of the table and pours into the pristine china, and the quiet hangs as she fixes her tea at a glacial pace, making them wait. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes Teashop Aunty returned with two Styrofoam cups filled with steaming, milky tea. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know much about this influenza, but I know sagebrush tea’s good for most of what ails.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Inside I found things long forgotten: my mother fitting words together for a song, diction for the stage, three recipes for tea to calm nerves and promote sleep, finger scales for the lute. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All in all, this is an excellent place to partake of morning tea, but surprisingly few of the inhabitants of Taunton seem to wish to avail themselves of it. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure what the borrowed line is that you are looking for,” the king told Minli as he sipped his tea. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It has steeped longer, like tea, and therefore it lasts longer. Here, have a seat.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She lifts the facial mesh and gulps down the tea. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He took my face in his hands and looked at me, just as he had before, when Frith had come into the room with tea, the day we went to the beach. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

One of the reporters—he’d lived in Japan just after the war, training automotive engineers to write manuals—was reminded of the calm of a geisha he’d witnessed performing the tea ceremony at Nara. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I go to the reception afterward, which offers the usual university fare: bad sherry, thick tea, cookies out of a package. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I get a good feeling after arriving at the third one and spotting a Strong Shoulder mason jar like we drink iced tea from in the neighborhood. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Father used firewood lavishly and we shared around the meat dumplings and cups of steaming tea. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Apatan got mad if I ever mentioned tea grading at Tea Haven. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She takes out the mug, plops in a tea bag that smells like lemons, glances at the clock, and says, “Come, on, Lia. Upstairs.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Minnie brings us in and gives us tea and porridge with jam in it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s more brown than yellow, but the juice inside is still good enough to flavor my tealess tea. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The third said that it was a tradition in the Orient to use crystal glasses for tea because it had magical powers. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna went inside to count the cans of dried milk, tea, biscuits, Ovaltine, sardines, the cartons of sugar, the bags of salt—and she could not help the gasp when she saw the toilet tissue. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Grandma goes to the kitchen and soon we have bread and sausages and tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I throw on my slippers and tiptoe to the kitchen for a cup of hot tea, hoping we at least have lemons in the refrigerator and tea bags in the cupboard. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You have to come have tea with us,” Laleh complained from the door. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I shoveled tea from the bright orange tin into the filter basket, topped it with two scoops of rock sugar, and tucked it under the spigot. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I brought my tea back upstairs to my room. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew, of course, that Mother didn’t really drink tea with her on top of the hill there. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I get you anything? Would you like some herbal tea?” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

The dolls’ tea party was where she had left it. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

If the rent for this room is five shillings a week we’ll have fourteen shillings for food and clothes and coal to boil the water for the tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

When they got home, Headmaster was still sitting in the shade, mopping his forehead and sipping a cup of tea. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you want some tea before you go?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to picture a doll holding a glass of iced tea. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth’s mother looks down at her cup of tea. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

At the station we pushed our way through the crowds and past water wallahs, tea wallahs, and ice cream wallahs. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sassafras tea is about as good as anything you want to drink. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

My case arrived, I ordered a pot of tea and hung my dress. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I set it on the chair next to me and sipped tea with honey and cinnamon while Mama loosed my hair, then oiled and combed and brushed it as gently as she could. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Honey,” Paige said, “it would take a lot more than God and Virgil Hedgepath to get me to one of those godawful boring teas where those dumb wives sit around counting each other’s wrinkles.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Closing my eyes, I smell her red bush tea, the shea butter she rubs on her skin. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for the tea. I’ll finish the watch. You get back in the warm.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His tea was cold, but he sipped it anyway as Finn burst into the kitchen. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

In Russia, people use a samovar—a smaller version of Smaug the Voluminous—to heat a bunch of water, and then mix it with über-strong tea from a smaller pot. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He holds up his glass, and I pick up my iced tea and clink with him, and we both drink. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Nhamo tried to imagine her father at the tea party, but she knew almost nothing about him. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t do this,” she tells Ashoke when he brings her a cup of tea, the only thing he can think to do for her, the last thing she feels like drinking. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And why was Papa drinking his tea quietly, as if Jaja had not just talked back to him? Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Joe held the cup to her lips, and she drank the tea in little sips, breathing in over it to cool it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pictured him and Baba drinking tea in Baba’s study, then smoking near the window, a sweetbrier-scented breeze blowing from the garden and bending the twin columns of smoke. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m a man now so I light the fire early on Saturday morning and make my own tea and fried bread. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They raked the front garden, set out tea tables and folded napkins into decorative shapes. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

We boil the water and use the rest of the wood for the morning tea but what about tonight and tomorrow and ever after? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Code breaking, it turned out, was not everyone’s cup of tea. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

"Suppose you tell me what you're about?" said the little hairy man as they sat on the ground and drank their tea. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“This tea is a gift from our faraway friends,” the father was saying as he handed a child a cup. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The gardener was still holding a clipper in one hand as he was drinking tea and chatting with a few other men. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then, while she waited for the water to boil for tea, she practiced the lifting of her legs, and the raising of her upper body as she lay flat. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And yet, by the 1770s, the 1.75 million North Americans were actually drinking even more tea than the five to six million English. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

But when that bill came—the fiddler’s bill—that bill for the tea, it was so much heavier than anyone expected, Boston was thrown into a paroxysm of anger and despair. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glance at our small kitchen table, where a mug has been knocked to the ground, tea spilled on the chair and floor amid the broken shards. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She was sitting by herself, legs crossed, back to the hull of the ship, sipping a cup of tea. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Tucker was already going around with the Coke and tea. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

On top of it sat a small pot of rice, another of soup, and a kettle of barley tea. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear heard the clink of pottery as Min’s wife served tea. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He and “his friend” were expected for tea on Monday, November 22. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

While they talked, they drank the chai that Mustafa and I made and mindlessly chewed on tea biscuits and dried fruit and nuts. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

And that is when she went to tea at Sillington House. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“More tea, sirs?” he asked, head bobbing furiously. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She’s stacked her folders on the table, and now there’s no place for her cup of tea. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The boardinghouse keeper hurriedly gave her brother a cup of tea and sent him on his way. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I gulp my tea even though it’s too hot and push back from the table. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And tea. Make sure you drink plenty of dandelion root tea,” she says. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The Captain gave a great tuba laugh, sloshing his tea out onto his lap. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll have something cold to drink. Soda, iced tea, lemonade—whatever you want.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

They appear in the doorway, holding tea and toast, their faces filled with concern. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could not make iced tea, but I could make cool tea, and I thought that what he really wanted was a sweet drink. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

We sat in the ladder-back chairs around the kitchen table, except for Rosaleen, who poured glasses of tea and set a plate of pimiento-cheese sandwiches on the table, as if anybody could eat. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day, Ann was folding clothes at her job while her employer was having tea with a friend in the next room. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, just a big spread, I think—lots of little sandwiches and pastries. And, you know, tea.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Gulping down my tea, I find the servant garb in the back of my closet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Baba would meet them for tea and rowt cake at the park, drive them crazy with his politics. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ma set the tea in front of me, then sat back down. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They are taking turns pouring pretend tea into the tiny plastic cups. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

While we’re drinking our tea an old man passes our door with a bucket in his hand. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’m not terribly in touch with my body but have noticed that, taken in great quantities, tea is actually pretty serious. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But dang, it was so hot and the tea was so cold. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

In the very meridian of the night’s enjoyment, about an hour after tea, a rap was heard at the door. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

My father sipped his tea again, and we sat quietly for a while. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I’m not to be stopping in pubs or bookies or even home for a cup of tea and if I do I’ll be found out. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

After all, he saw her at church every Sunday after services pouring tea and coffee in the reception room. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Day and night I wait on you—‘Bring me tea, bring me sugar, rub my feet!’ A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must stand on a chair that stands on a tea table to see the sun and the moon out a too-high window. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She takes off her coat, makes tea, sits by the fire. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In the mornings I was the first to get up and make the fire and brew the tea for the others, and through the day there would be various things I would have to do. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I handed the stuff for tea to Jay, and he placed it all in a clean cloth for Mama to sort through to make the blend she liked. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, Green; why don’t you hit her up for a chat and tea next time she comes around to capture us?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Harry saw Aunt Petunia wince slightly as specks of tea and drool flecked her clean floor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mam sends Michael with a milk bottle of warm tea, a few cuts of bread smeared with dripping, a note to say Laman Griffin isn’t angry anymore and I can come back. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you sit down and let me fix you some tea?” he said. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The zoo director himself made Aunt Petunia a cup of strong, sweet tea while he apologized over and over again. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

We expect him to eat the rats but he’ll leave them in the lane with their guts hanging out and run to my father for a piece of bread dipped in tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Any minute now, he’ll make tea and reach for the sugar. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“There you are! I’ve just had Hela in here. I gave her some tea. You look like you could use tea.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Do you really mean to tell me that they are now all downstairs having tea?" she said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Never mind. Go to sleep. I am going to sit here for a while and have another glass of tea.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“My mother asked me to get some sugar for tea at the next village, also some tea leaves if they have them,” I said. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made me mad, thinking about that, and before I knew it, I had jumped up and poured another glass of tea. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a tin box half full of tea bags in the pantry—my mother’s, not exactly fresh, but they smelled all right. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When he’s done he calls for more coffee and tea. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or, well, he would have settled for iced tea, anyway, by a crabgrass-free lawn with a sprinkler leaning one direction, then the other, charmingly indecisive. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes me happy to imagine them drinking tea or going to the movies together, still connected to each other by the invisible chain of a family that no longer exists. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand tightens around his damp glass of tea. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I waited for him to offer me something to put in my tea, but he didn’t. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take the towels in the bathroom down as well as the fairly scungy tea towel in the kitchen. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes! And I’m waiting for my tea!” came Mrs. Caruthers’s angry cry. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Doctor Dastuge arrived and bled her and stuck pins in her limbs and gave her a bitter tea. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still sipping at the tea, watching an exercise program for women, when Henry knocked on the door. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Sunday afternoon, my whole family gathers at the table for tea, Jaffa cakes that my mom found at the supermarket, and a game of dominoes. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

His manservant brings him the morning paper the tea the egg the toast and marmalade and he says, Take it away, life is empty. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She’d also had three cups of tea, and thus nine cubes of sugar, which meant she had enough fuel to power an electro-plasma system. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“How long must we wait for our tea?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Dad sits at the other end of the bench, smoking his cigarette, drinking his tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He’s coming to believe in human goodness in his old age, which is certainly a change; I’ve even found some herbal tea in the cupboard. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And Wu Tsing would make a midmorning visit in her bedroom once a week, drinking tea for half an hour, inquiring about her health. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad puts down his jam jar of tea and pats the back of my hand. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

His mouth had a bitter, mannish taste, like tea and cigarettes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“What is he wearing?” she asked, so loud that I could hear her from the kitchen, where I sat drinking tea and reading The Lord of the Rings. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She shifted another box of tea to look behind it. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

They gave me an egg, as if it were my birthday, and tea, though they were older than I, but I poured for them. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hamilton took his hash in tea—the British way, I assumed. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Grandma was sitting across from him, still in her nightdress, sipping tea, flipping through her old book, straightening up photos. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then about a fortnight after Lenny had gone, the two of us were sitting in my attic room some time after midnight chatting over mugs of tea, and Ruth got me really laughing about Lenny. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took my tea from her, but then I put it on the coffee table before I scorched my fingerprints off. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

That afternoon I called Mom, who still never drank anything stronger than tea, and asked if I should indulge Dad. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A few of our servants were questioned, and in tea stalls and bus stands, possible suspects were debated and dismissed. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I peered around the corner and saw Papa sitting at the table alone drinking a cup of tea, staring out before him. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When they got home she offered to make him a hot cup of tea, but he refused. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Milligan returned with the milk, a pot of tea, and a jar of honey. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mom appeared thoughtful as she stirred her tea. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Let’s just give up and go home then, shall we? Who’d like a nice hot cup of tea before bed? Hell, as long as the Bird ain’t around, make it a toddy!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Traft let me rest—I may have dozed off—while the water boiled and he made tea. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We drank hot tea and munched digestive biscuits. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

And her friends tsk and shake their heads the same way they’ve seen their mothers do over meals of lemongrass tea and salt fish and fungi. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Here, do come down from there and share a cup of tea with me. You’ve had a long journey, I’d imagine, and a rude shock, finding your home occupied by a stranger.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

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. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I just keep my eyes focused on the toys, trying to find the aisle where I can get a play tea set for Shirley. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She could not remember her last glass of tea. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“No, you might bring me some tea, Robert, in the library. Nothing like cakes or scones. Just tea and bread-and-butter.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The tea was utterly gone, but Captain Hall agreed that beyond that there had not been the slightest damage. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Molly glances over at the tea service drying in the rack. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I drink tea. I keep coffee in case I have a guest that likes it.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her gardening gloves, still smudged with the last soil she’d ever lifted; a box of her favorite tea, which had long ago lost its peppermint scent; the thick candy-cane-striped kneesocks she wore in winter. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Now, sitting in this cave of lightly perfumed silk, what had seemed constant and unquestionable feels as delicate as the steam floating over her tea. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I thought of my mother’s tea parties, tiny sandwiches for a doll’s mouth, and it washed me in sadness. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jazz grinned, big, and then took another sip of tea. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Baba stirs milk and sugar into his tea—one teaspoon of each, measured with slow and steady hands—and gazes thoughtfully at me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

An ancient woman sat in a rocking chair and sipped a mug of tea. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Because of them I can enjoy my afternoon, and return, smiling and refreshed, to face the little ritual of our tea. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Packets of tea were floating in the folds of the crumpled mainsail that hung down through the top hatch, staining the water in brown clouds. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I steeped the tea, Dad pulled down a pair of cups for us and set them on the kitchen table. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Mother wrapped Sekai in a blanket and thanked everyone for tea. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

In Kobani, she sat on the sofa, watching the street, for an hour or two in the morning, sipping her sweet tea, before beginning her chores. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

That meant coffee, tea, sugar, and chocolate were safe. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He just looks at me with his big eyes that are blue in the middle and yellow all around and slurps his tea from the great cracked mug his mother left behind. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She takes a minute sip of tea, and then she raises the cup in my direction in salute. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I stand there a minute, watching her stir the iced tea, feeling the discomfort in her posture, her dread that I might be about to ask for her help on the book again. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Malachy said, Tea? and she said,Yes, tea, or is it whiskey you want? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The waiter comes around with our coffee and tea. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dream that I’ve been given a head wrapped up in a white tea towel. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alice had brewed some tea with wild peppermint leaves, and I contributed two nice bass. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over tea, they tell stories about summertime when they were teenagers. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Come, child, drink your tea. It’s not the end of the world. I’ll put an extra blanket on your bed tonight.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“We put the tea in like this,” he said, scooping loose tea from the huge frosted glass jar on the counter. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Calder and Petra sat down and sipped obediently on tea served in cups so thin that you could see the shadow of your finger on the other side of the china. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The grocer probably put back the pomegranates and the tea and the saffron, so that someone else could buy them. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But Gerald and Lydia decide against tea tonight; there is an I, Claudius video they want to watch before bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is New Year’s Eve and I’m in the kitchen getting some tea. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In the end, I decided the most prudent moment in the day would be as I served afternoon tea in the drawing room. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I sip some tea, trying to come up with a different question that doesn’t have to do with the reasons a mother would leave. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The ever resourceful Garikayi started a fire and boiled tea with water from the stream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

To occupy ourselves we made pots and pots of tea. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like how many teaspoons of sugar went into a glass of iced tea. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could go into the tea stall and watch television if I wanted. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Or, “Beetle, I am going to feed the hens. Strain the nettle tea and pour it into clean flasks.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For my tea! Nonsense, child, I would not dream of exacting a toll for my hospitality. Come inside, and the three of us shall drink together.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Quincy, I’ve made iced tea. You look like you could use a drink.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She continued to take small sips of her tea. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

How Hazelle had said he could have a bit in a cup of tea to soothe his cough, but he wouldn’t feel right unless the others had some, too. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The managers of the East India Company bought 20,000 pounds of tea in 1687, confident the firm could sell the leaves in England. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

My mother manages to feed me bits of food and sips of tea while they work on me, but by the time the shoot is over, I’m starving and exhausted. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The waiter at Ruby’s put two bowls of chop suey and a fat pot of tea between them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sara and I need to discuss a class project. We’ll be outside,” she says, then gulps down her last sip of tea. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Frank would’ve preferred to go with his friends, even if it meant he had to endure green tea with wheat germ. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Dad lights the fire and Mam makes the tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

August knocked over her sweet tea, a thing so unlike her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My vision was disturbed by the opening of the door, and Frith came in with the footman to clear the tea. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I see myself that first day, sitting cross- legged on a batik floor pillow, drinking green tea out of a fired raku cup, and looking up at Zora with my big, hopeful, curious, attentive eyes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When the captain retires for afternoon tea, or whatever a man like him does with his free time, I climb to the crow’s nest, to get as far away from the Abyssal Serpent as possible. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

His father was fine; soon they would have tea. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

From the beginning, his mother and Pilate had fought for his life, and he had never so much as made either of them a cup of tea. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the kettle heated for the tea, I found myself wondering if this would be the day Miss Sadie would tell what she had brewing inside her. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was a constant scurry of servants racing up and down the halls, tending the fires, hanging up cloaks, putting away umbrellas, and delivering trays of tea to warm the travelers. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Mary said, “Miss Randolph—I’m having a few friends in to tea if you would care to come.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma brews a large pot of barley tea every day and leaves it on the stovetop. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When he finished he said: “You know what I would like? Some iced tea. With sugar in it.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Albert, for offering the tea, and thank you for listening to me. I hope, perhaps, you will find what I said helpful. Especially now.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The Uncle wrapped thick knitted blankets around them and gave them hot tea, although of the three of them, he looked the frailest and in need of a rest. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I sip bubble tea and have frozen yogurt. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She smells like mint leaves and lemongrass tea. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The Monday morning following our tea, Julian boarded the bus and said "Good morning" exactly the way he had said it every other day. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Just feeling a little light-headed ...” He led me to a chair in his office and went to make the tea. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Outside teahouses, on carpet-covered wooden platforms, men drank tea and smoked tobacco from hookahs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Munnar is a small hill station surrounded by some of the highest tea estates in the world. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

My elbows were like flying wedges and my knees like tea saucers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I got inside, she and Sheriff Edwards were sitting in the front room with glasses of iced tea, Mama fanning herself with the newspaper. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But lunch and tea were marked chiefly by the fact that at those times all the guests were sitting down and eating together. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Some of the younger warders took me quite far afield, and we would walk on the beach and even stop at a cafe and have tea. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because everything was labeled in English, some people got confused and sprinkled packets of salt in their tea instead of sugar. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She made tea for them both, and Malcolm told her about Mr. Van Texel, and the canoe, and the flood warning. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Hassan would tarof and say, “Please, share some of my wife’s tea,” but the doctor would refuse, not even with a long, drawn-out compliment. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

We can still have bread and cheese and a nice jam jar of tea with lashings of milk and sugar and what more do you want? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He nodded, looked down at his son, and said, “Come on, then. Pick up your bag and let’s go. Your mother’ll have tea waiting.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They drink tea with sugar and evaporated milk and eat shrimp cutlets fried in saucepans. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

First Ladies showed up in the news, having tea with the spouses of foreign dignitaries; they sent out official greetings on holidays and wore pretty gowns to state dinners. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Then they drank their tea and the son said at last in a thick, uneven voice, “I did not believe it was so.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She just turned back to her glowing staff, made minute adjustments, and stared at the mist like a psychic reading tea leaves. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Uncle Kufa and the other men traveled to a trading post to barter for tea, sugar, salt, cloth, and matches. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon Mrs. Clarke had to leave to give instructions to the waiters, who were now bringing in the tea and after-dinner sweets. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Over tea, he told us he had decided to go back to the Land of the Golden Mountain and work a few more years while he still could. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I floated the idea to Mom one afternoon while we were making tea in our kitchen. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Babou made me stand with him in a Level Five Awkward Silence while the tea dammed. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t half like a cup of tea!” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Or...Oh, I don’t know what I mean. I just didn’t know what to say to her. I thought I’d get us some tea.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In the morning my small brothers are gone to school, Malachy is out looking for a job, Mam is at the fire drinking tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“What about that tea then, eh?” he said, rubbing his hands together. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I remember Hassan and I crouching that next morning outside my father’s study, as Baba and Rahim Khan sipped black tea and listened to breaking news of the coup on Radio Kabul. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the afternoon, Clara would often look for him to give him a cup of tea. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a large gulp of tea, wiped her mustache, and said, “Where is it that you send him, again, Vernon?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She takes a loud slurp of her tea—which always, always gets on my nerves—and tells me I’m going to have a quinceañera. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She poured tea and served cakes without getting a speck on her clothes, her posture always perfect, her smile dazzling. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to ask if you had a tea preference,” he says. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The man led me to the back porch and offered me a ladleful of grass tea from a cast-iron pot. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you make me the special tea you brought, maman?” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

When I got home, they would say, “Son, congratulations. You brought all your little cows home. Drink some tea and eat something.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remove the tea bags and pour this tea from the pot into the pitcher. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes, one a gentle tea brown, the other milky, both rimmed in silver whiskers, watched me with wistful sadness. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I order my usual green milk tea with tapioca pearls. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She could talk clearer and she took some chicken broth and sassafras tea when Mama brought it in to her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Two of my mother’s roommates, who had organized their corners to their satisfaction, made tea and set a small table with their leftover travel food. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like years since Mother and I stood at the front door, waiting for the disastrous tea. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For she was well enough when he had need of a woman from a tea house for himself. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The Bible is kept locked up, the way people once kept tea locked up, so the servants wouldn’t steal it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pursues him through tents and watches him pay for his tea in the courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In the afternoons she makes herself a cup of tea, which does not smell entirely like tea but of something else she puts into it, out of a small silver bottle. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I can see through the window, you know,” Rupa scolded, stirring sugar into a hot, milky cup of tea for Neel. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

We know this from other boys whose fathers work and we know that after your tea you can go to Kathleen O’Connell’s shop and buy sweets. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

When she plopped it in the cup, the tea overflowed into the saucer. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Madam wants lemon cakes with her tea. She is terrible fond of cakes, is Madam. Lady Clarissa Seymour is coming to hear all the news from Boston.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put the kettle on the radiator and helped himself to some tea bags from my bureau drawer. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He orders two bowls of on myun and some barley tea and asks for the bathroom. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they took a break, they needed a quick, cheap jolt of energy—which came in the form of sweet tea and cookies. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

She go inside and come back out with another glass of tea. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He surprised me by serving us tea and homemade cookies. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Probably the first thing my mother gave me to drink as a baby was some sweet water tea from the pulp of the sugarcane. If anyone deserves to work there, I should.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

What made the words “onion” or “tea bag” so plain? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The room had a fireplace where we could boil water for our tea or an egg in case we ever came into money. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She had fixed us some tea and handed me a cup. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Vivian is sitting in her favorite chair, the faded red wingback closest to the window, laptop open, nursing a cup of tea. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

There the doctor sat idle over a pot of tea. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it is a memory in the middle of the day as I stir iced tea or wait for soup to heat. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Before going to school one morning, I came in to ask Gay something while she was sipping tea in bed. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Today she got herself some different kind of tea. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

He knew where there were good sassafras roots in the woods; maybe he would bum some brush in the fencerows and heat a little water for sassafras tea. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made the fresh juice, brew a pot of tea, and cut pears and apples and mix ’em with red grapes. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When Eye woke up, they helped him into the restaurant for tea. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then she made me some Red Zinger herbal tea with sugar in it but I didn’t like it, and she said, “You can stay for as long as you want to stay.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Kaede hung the kettle over the flames, and before night fell she had brewed tea for them all to sip, crouching close to the blaze. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I clean up the dishes and wipe up the tea I spilled on my floor. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

No. Yes, it is best to drink tea without. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of Francie’s favorite stores was the one which sold nothing but tea, coffee and spices. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m pouring the last ice tea when the doorbell go ding-dong. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My father is in the kitchen sipping black tea from his big white enamel mug. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“And how did you know this tea cured the tiger’s poison ? ” “We found that out by accident,” Amah said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Ach, it just came to me: She hasn’t called me Daddy in donkey’s years,” said Dr. van Heerden, stirring three spoonfuls of sugar into a fresh cup of tea. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I suppose you want your tea in bed." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’d better hurry, chickadee. She hates when her tea is cold.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She takes a sip of her tea before adding, “And not to bring up a delicate subject, my dear, but I keep him far away from trains.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He choked on the bread and dribbled tea onto his shirt. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Did she too have tea under the chestnut tree? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The tea tasted great, then suddenly bitter, metallic. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Uncle Pat tells Grandma he met a man who is looking for a place to stay that will let him wash himself morning and night and give him two meals a day, dinner and tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to get you some tea,” she announced, rising from the couch, letting him go. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

On April 26 he’d climbed from Camp Two to Camp Three, brewed some tea for himself and his teammates, and then lay down in his tent to take a nap. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Want some tea? I still have some of that pink lemonade one.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“He came back a quarter of an hour ago. He has orders to take your tea out under the chestnut tree.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I shift my position on the chilly floor, cupping the warmth from the hot water I’ve poured over the dregs of my tea, thinking of how close Max came to suicide on the train. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But the pagoda was narrow and more narrow toward the top, while the second floor of the tea shop was as square as that part of the building which stood upon the ground. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Not going to dinner parties, teas, and other torturous social occasions where people inundated him with seemingly endless questions about his travels. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment she reached for the woven napkin on the table, dipped it into her tea, and wiped his leg with the damp cloth. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I not only had never been invited to a tea party before but had never before been invited to a party where I was not told the time and the place. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tied my wrist up in a tea towel and drove me to the hospital. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ere the half-hour ended, five o’clock struck; school was dismissed, and all were gone into the refectory to tea. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

We had a capital “severe tea” at Robin Hood’s Bay in a sweet little old-fashioned inn, with a bow-window right over the seaweed-covered rocks of the strand. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Colette brought her tea cup to her lips, but spilled the tea into her lap. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She loved her dolls. She would hold little tea parties for them in the garden, and I would make these teeny-tiny sandwiches for their plates.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no use making the tea till Dad gets home because it will be stewed, coddled, boiled and unfit to drink. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I take a big gulp of the sweet, milky, cardamom-flavored tea. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pour this tea over glasses that have been filled to the brim with ice. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They waste away the morning in bed, watching Mel and Sue squawk over tea cakes on Henry’s laptop, listening to the rain slow to a drizzle. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I was just heating some water in the kettle, and I have fresh mint from the garden. Can I make you some tea?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Onlookers try to convince her to drink the tea and wipe the brush across her cheek. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

As sight came into both my eyes, a warm feeling filled me — like drinking hot tea on a cold day. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

And the first day he looked at them and drank his tea quickly and went away. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Deydey and Fishtail sat in the corner, talking low and thoughtfully, drinking Grandma’s tea. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I gathered dried leaves to light the dung in the stove so the water for tea would be boiling when the family awoke. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the shadow of Taisin’s vision, they felt enveloped in an enchantment: one in which even the drinking of tea was as magical as any fairy glamour. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“The fresh air will do you good. I’ll make a fresh pot of green tea.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“I can make you a cup of tea?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinners, the family would sit in the open terrace with bowls of dried apricots, and pistachios, sugar candies, and a big samovar of black tea. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She lay in the dimness, watching the sky darken, until Mia knocked on the door carrying a steaming mug of tea. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Barry couldn’t walk half a block without someone shouting hello from a porch and waving him up for a chat and a glass of iced tea. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Arturo asked that night while we sat at the kitchen table—that ridiculous stolen kitchen table—drinking manzanilla tea, as we did most nights after Maribel went to bed. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

They were already drunk from the book party, lazily sipping their beers, their cold cups of jasmine tea. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Baba smiles and mutes the volume, then begins the familiar ritual of tea making. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

We hold our hands to the fire for the heat that’s in it but we can’t stay there long because we have to drink our tea and eat our bread and go to school. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The ones who did, who accepted her invitations to tea and envied the doctor’s big dark house of twelve rooms and the green sedan, called him “peculiar.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she walked and read and did needlework and drank cup after cup of steaming tea from the Indies. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then silence while Violet drank tea and listened to the hissing iron. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was thirteen her mother had dressed her in a silk kimono and sent her off to Mrs. Shigemura, who taught young girls to dance odori and to serve tea impeccably. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Just puts coal in the stove and makes the tea. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Carina, bring me Belle-rose tea. We have a few leaves in the tea closet. Top row. Left-hand corner." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The candlelight illuminated the cup of tea and the teapot on the lace- covered table, as well as the pair of green earrings, and the fan his uncle had adjusted so carefully. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She looked at us one by one and then took a long sip from her tea mug as if she wanted to keep us guessing. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She joined us outside with a cup of tea when she finally woke. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We shared a plate of dumplings and drank free tea. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one finger I nudged a cake crumb into a drop of wet, brown tea. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He purchases a cup of tea and stays in the courtyard, watching the bonfire for a while before wandering back into the paths amongst the tents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"Everyone I know is in the mood for tea these days," I hear Judith say on the other end of the line. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Adam stirred his tea and watched the sugar crystals whirl and disappear into liquid. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No...I need a cup of tea. Let’s go in the kitchen.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

As I drink fennel tea and shrug on a doublet, Gnarbone comes to my door. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I left him sitting at the kitchen table over his glass of tea and went to bed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, Cluck Bucket’s everything was pretty good, all the way down to the sweet tea. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She sipped the tea—it was thick with honey. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

In the same breath, without pausing, she said to Papa, “Your tea is getting cold,” and to Jaja, “Come and help me, biko.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He lights the fire and Mam makes tea and soon we’re in bed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

So there were vacations and weekends in other cities as well as visits and teas in her own, where and when such men appeared. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sipped their tea slowly, to make it last, and each thought of the other’s life. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ordered another pot of tea and sat watching the two of them till they, and the harassed Miss Megley, got up to leave. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I watched him sip his tea and listened to the soft rustling of the curtains as they moved in the breeze. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She hesitated, looking upset, cradling her tea in her cold hands. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Eight months! Thqr vanish to Boston for eight months and then show up with no warning and wanting tea. Tea! I could get tarred and feathered for brewing tea,” she muttered. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were bowls of chicken and rice, spinach and lamb, big crunchy apples, pretty yellow cakes, and big kettles of sweet milky tea. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Old man Ku’oosh left that day, and as soon as he had closed the door Tayo rolled over on his belly and knocked the stalks of Indian tea on the floor. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mtisha was having some kind of stew and tea with lemon. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mama and my sisters sipped tea while I pressed my nose to the window glass, drinking in the comings and goings of the street, and when it was time to go I cried. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Drink me,” she said and swallowed the bitter cold tea. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In her hand was a cup of lavender and sage tea. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Ma was already in there, making her special Lipton and lemon tea. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She would need to brew some moon tea or risk bringing another kraken into the world. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I wake early, pick a few Labrador tea leaves and brew them in Bando’s tin cup. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She appeared to be not in the least ill at ease sitting on an upturned box in a bare room and drinking tea out of a mug that she balanced on her knee. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

You can make yourself a nice cup of tea but you have to use the tea leaves left over from this morning. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Put the kettle to boil, take out sugar and one Lipton tea bag from the pantry, milk from the fridge. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He adds another spoon of sugar to his tea and waits for her to elaborate. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Cohen helpfully washes dishes in the kitchen and makes us cup after cup of ersatz tea. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I could smell the peppermint tea Momma was sipping, while she spoke to Miss Saunders. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

They moved silendy between the hedge and window to watch the tea parties from deep shade. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Good morning, honey,” she says, and serves me chamomile tea and bread with blackberry jam, while the morning news blares on the TV. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad poured me a cup of tea and sat next to me as I ate my sangak and feta cheese. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The man thunders into the room and guzzles two cups of Belle-rose tea. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

We drank sassafras tea, sweetened with some of the sugar Bando had brought me, rubbed our turtle shells clean in the snow, and went out into the forest. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jeweled pavilions and gazebos dot garden lanes, serving different teas, coffees, and sweets. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Sally and I prepared tea and brought it up for the widow, Dr. Trefusis, and her old servant, Jacob, who was wrapped in blankets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Albert was cleaning out the teacups on the table in front of the sofa and laying tea strainers across the tops. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Bring me tea,” he said weakly to the boy. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Mother came inside to make tea, and the voices outside became whispers that carried into the hut. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Or she hoped he would sit and have tea with her and her dollies. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Murphy pours more tea into his cup and hands it to him, then turns to me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

And after they had finished their tea, they would pitch right in. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stops, takes a sip of the tea. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lying back among her pillows and sipping the tea, she probed for her thought. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Danvers wondered, Madam, whether you would like to see your room,” he said to me, when the tea had been taken away. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

These are called “housekeeping cottages,” which means they have some kind of a stove in them, a pot or two and a tea kettle, and a table covered with oilcloth. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“How about we make some tea, huh? You can make the fire. Doing physical things takes away the loneliness and longing.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

‘Those brutes out there are bound to catch me sooner or later and have me for tea.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Percy wouldn’t recognize a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing Dobby’s tea cozy.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Would you like to sample one of our fine teas today?” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Perhaps in a worn coat and a knitted hat like a tea cosy, sitting on a curb, with two plastic bags filled with her only possessions, muttering to herself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s have more tea, little Disaster,” said the old man. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kira sipped at the strong hot tea and thought again about the ominous stalking sound in the woods. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This largess moved my mother—tea, an act of humility. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while they met in the back rooms of the abandoned part of the house, where Alba handed out walnuts and served them herbal teas while they meditated in a cross-legged position. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like the scene from Alice in Wonderland where she drinks the tea and then grows so quickly, she busts out of the house. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Lyddie nibbled at the brown bread and washed it down with a little scalding tea. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He now desperately needs a cup of tea for himself, not having managed to make one before leaving the house. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For now, we have a few tea lights from Hannah's drawer. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Why not step inside and have some tea?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Come and have some tea,” I say quickly, “and let me explain...” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

At the police station, a cup of hot tea with three long squeezes of Hippie Queen Honey was thrust into his hands. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Instead, she asked me to bring them more tea. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Where is my tea?” came a shout from the top of the stairs, the strident voice silencing the singing and ending Ophie’s happy reverie. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She thought of all the lives being led down there, people driving on the left, eating crumpets, drinking tea, watching telly. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I tied a string around the neck of the cloth, making a tea bag, then placed a kettle on the stove. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t answer him immediately and let his tea steep. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would she be served tea and toast upon her arrival, and if she were, would she end up with marmalade all over the front of her dress and run from the room weeping? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He offered me a cup of tea, but I didn’t feel like it, but I drank it anyway, to be polite. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The tea inside the chests was wrapped in heavy canvas. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The younger one was shy and awkward and seemed much more comfortable simply bringing her things: bags of ice, glasses of water, tea with honey. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He took his cup of tea and thanked his hostess, though he was certain that he would despise it. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

THE next evening, I go to the kitchen for some tea. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He would give them tea and sesame cookies, and he would listen. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She had a cup of tea in her hands. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt finished the tea and ate all the cookies. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take tea and bread and go to the railway station.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They have green tea ice cream for dessert, which everyone pretends to like, and then they pile back into their cars. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Arnold had made the hippie tea that was sweet without sugar and I sipped it while we dragged out the notebooks. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Miss Winthrop drank half a pitcher of tea and ate a sandwich as she filled us in. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mariam, who’d had a queasy stomach all night, boiled some water and made herself a cup of green tea sprinkled with crushed cardamom. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

A foundation of the tea olive strewn over the bottom, cool and green. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Bunny and I drank whiskey and hot water; the others had tea. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I frown at my nearly empty cup of tea. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mother drank tea while she listened to the mechanical yapping of the Doberman. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lines, the color of weak tea, began to appear around the black beetle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Robert had taken away the tea and Maxim came back into the room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He's whisked away to make room for biscuits and more tea. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The ladies all dropped their cups and spilled tea and cream tarts over the lawn. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I sit by the stove drinking tea, thinking about my new work, about Izio and Max and, every now and then, a very handsome policeman. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The cat had gorged itself on cream and was lying like a side of bacon in the middle of the tea party. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And there were sweets and peppers and tea and wine and...and it was all too much for him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you go take a walk out in the garden? There will be no tea for the missus right now, she’s going to need something stronger than that, I’m afraid.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Use this, my dear,” she said, and handed her a wooden spoon and a steaming cup of tea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I remembered I had only had cold tea at half-past eleven, and no breakfast. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her breath poured into the space like tea into a cup. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I wondered why they were coming to tea instead of dinner. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He dropped a white cube into Tally’s tea. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Last Sunday, Elaine rose at seven, made tea, showered, and went back to bed. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day he went to the tea shop; every evening he waited until she would receive him, and every night he went in to her. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Sugar was now the perfect decoration for a royal wedding, to be used was tea—and this is the first time the drink was mentioned by a European. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

After tea, Calder filled in Mrs. Sharpe on all the patterns of twelve he had identified. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Nasreen had smiled when I brought her tea upon my return. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“We’ll get our life back soon, in a free Biafra,” he said, his usual words lined with his usual forceful reassurance, and sipped his tea. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps a pot of tea,” said Fudge, who still hadn’t let go of Harry. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But Ophie had no way of doing so when she was stuck running around all day, fetching fresh tea and sitting by Mrs. Caruthers in case she needed another log thrown on the fire. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He has a cup of coffee and I am drinking tea. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But now, he brings his fist down on the table, rattling the cups and spilling his tea. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I sat up and drank my tea and watched him take off his shoes and socks. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A wave of longing washed through her and a dryness caught in her throat that the tea could not moisten. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

All I caught was “chai mekhai,” a phrase I had memorized because it meant “Do you want tea?” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I swear it smelled like natural gas and pu-erh tea when it ruptured, which was weird and gross. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The tables had been laid for afternoon tea. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dursley came into the living room carrying two cups of tea. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Later, when I got sleepy, there would be a mystery novel, a cup of tea if I felt like it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She liked him right away because he replaced the girl who’d lived there before, a four-year-old who was always trying to convince Hazel to come to her tea parties, where no talking was allowed. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Let me make the tea, darling. I’ll get hold of myself that way.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So they have a bunch of fruit teas that you’ll like. And the crepes are delicious.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

But when Miss Bell pulls her blinds closed, the people fill their dinner plates with food, their glasses with sweet tea and gather to talk about marching. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

When the Americans arrived, the villagers seemed glad to see them, welcoming them and offering tea and food. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She sat in a chair in the receiving room, using her tea mug to warm her hands. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mother, father, and Mrs. Hull went into the lounge for tea. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cook, Morris Mulatya, dumped a sack of charcoal on the ground and built a fire, and put a metal teapot on it to heat water for tea. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After tea he wandered off on the pretense of carrying out some fictitious task. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was pitiful to see the way Winky clutched at her tea towel as she sobbed over Mr. Crouch’s feet. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There were tea leaves floating upon the surface of the water. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Several days later, when they bumped into each other in the Cavendish tea queue, Francis learned that a semirigorous argument hinted that adenine and thymine should stick to each other by their flat surfaces. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Unusually, everyone had gathered in the drawing room where tea was taken in exhausted silence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The tea was in smaller bins: beautiful bins with sloping covers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only tea parties he’d have were ones in Wonderland, or the Arctic, or in the darkest reaches of space. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Alisha was ready to throw in the towel, but Bonnie wanted to go for high tea at the Plaza Hotel. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Now this tea shop was the only building in all that town which had an upper floor, except the Western Pagoda, which stood five stories high outside the West Gate. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

When I was done with my tea, I snuck a look at Betty Jean. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He welcomed the weary Hungarians, inviting them to sit down and have some iced tea. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door opens wider, and there stands my mother, holding a tray with a china tea set she brought to the Seam when she married. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sipped from her cup of lavender tea. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She finishes the cup of tea and sinks back along her chaise. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then he puts water in the kettle and takes out the tin of tea leaves for making chai, instead of going back to the couch. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Tendai thought about how Father would react to the foul- mouthed animal—or, for that matter, Mother, with her tasteful tea parties. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He sipped his tea and thought some more. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the late afternoon before business they sat together in Faye’s room and drank tea. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

All I could think about was a hot cup of tea. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Lady Isobel sipped at her tea and said, “Aisling, go upstairs and see what is taking Ana so long. Her breakfast is getting cold.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother tactfully pours him a cup of tea. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We ate noisily and with gusto, and ordered many refills of iced tea. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish,” Miss Whitlaw said as she sipped her tea, “that I had never had my employer begin making inquiries.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all wearing the same uniform: a tea towel stamped with the Hogwarts crest, and tied, as Winky’s had been, like a toga. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Afterward, we would organize a small party of tea and biscuits for the men, and they would spend a day or two walking around in blankets, as was the custom. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, Luna’s grandmother hastily shooed her out the door, and then her thinking went fuzzy, and then she was back inside pouring tea from the pot. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

We started talking, and I invited him aboard my boat for a cup of tea. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“No, you most certainly cannot,” Mom says, pouring herself more tea. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I enter an adjacent tea parlor to peek into the party room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They would see to it that no tea was smuggled ashore and that no harm was done to the ships. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like bringing someone a tray of tea and putting a gun on the table next to it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, she and I would often do our homework together, sipping tea—two generations of Pashtun women happily huddled over their books. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I remember this because Digger was trying to pick a fight, and it all started with J.T.’s green tea. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I put the pot of tea on a tray, along with a few cups, so I could serve Mamou in the living room. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Mirren felt sick and Johnny took her downstairs for some tea. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The drawing room had been prepared for the interview as if it were a stage set, with two chairs drawn near each other and a tea tray already in place on the sideboard. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

They drank tea and sat by the fire and they slept in the sand and listened to the roll of the surf in the bay. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Tea—good tea, at least—was for smelling too. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, they’re all eaten in the end. Sometimes a visitor likes something to nibble with their tea.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But they managed it all right, and Lazlo took the chair opposite, and just like that they were two people sitting at a table regarding each other shyly through a wisp of tea steam. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He gave me mint tea in a glass so coated with use that it was opaque, but he handed me companionship, and the tea was wonderful because of it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madam Claire shows me the beautiful breakfast veranda and the game salon and tea parlors. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I woke up to find toasted bread, brewed tea, and a boiled egg already on the kitchen table. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I drank my cold tea, still blurred and stupid from my short heavy sleep, and stared at the blank wall in front of me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Take some tea before you leave us,” she says, putting down the tray on Madoc’s desk. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Turkey, mashed potatoes, greens, stuffing, cranberries, corn, biscuits, pies and cakes, and a special tea she made to go with it all. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Albert wiped his hands on his apron and proceeded to make toast and tea, which they ate in silence at the cluttered table. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She pats my hand and gulps down the rest of her tea. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“True. Well, we sat drinking tea. Ladies were present. I’ll never forget. He held the tea like this.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Picturing her sitting there at the kitchen table with both hands around her mug of tea, listening to the answering machine message. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The honeyed tea was no antidote, she knew this, too. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It’s obvious that tea—chai—is a big thing in the Hameed household. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

"Yes, I need to get her snacks and tea in order," I said cautiously. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I held it with both hands, took a sip of the Lipton tea with sugar and milk, and placed it back on the saucer. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting down cross-legged in front of me once more, he handed me a cup of tea and took a sip from his own. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I had bought a cake and some candy, and we had tea and cookies, the works, but neither Hello nor I felt like sitting stiffly on our chairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We climb the stairs to Italy and get the fire going and it’s cozy when we have our tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother sipped at her cup of tea and Dicey drank at her milk. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

This held tea—not true tea, which they’d run out of long ago, but an herbal infusion to help shake off the lull—and biscuits, since Sarai always slept through lunch. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Blanca made her all sorts of soothing teas and warm baths, and Esteban resorted to the old box of homeopathic pills to calm her down, but her nightmares continued. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

English were building factories, drinking tea, and organizing against the slave trade, the vast majority of Russians were serfs. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

He took a last sip of his tea. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway through a gulp of tea, Percy choked. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She waits in the tea lounge, two lightly steaming, tulip-shaped glasses with matching saucers resting upon the tile table in front of her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was the one category of tea I could never learn to love. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Internet searches are better than tea leaves or a tarot deck. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The strange thing about this cafe, I realize, is that there doesn't seem to be any food or any actual coffee—just weak, bitter tea ladled from a big stockpot. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

By the time the twins were two years old their father’s drinking, aggravated by the loneliness of tea estate life, had driven him into an alcoholic stupor. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drinks a cup of hot tea every day because it’s “good for digestion.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

At eleven o'clock, the three of us take a break to sip tea. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was sitting at the taproom table drinking tea. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She buys sub sandwiches for lunch and makes an oversized pitcher of sweet tea. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We drank our tea in a friendly kind of silence, and then Miss Whitlaw picked up the box again. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Next time should I brew some tea and make sure the lighting is right, too?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Shackleton saw the salvage party returning, and he went out to meet them with a kettle of hot tea. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She had a real china tea set on the dark wooden sideboard. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had to be money for bribes—tea money, Uncle called it—at both ends of the ocean. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Take tuppence and leave the rest of the shilling on the mantelpiece downstairs so that she can send out for a loaf of bread for the tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Now I knew my mother had liked almond cake with honey and hot tea, that she’d once used the word “profoundly,” that she’d fretted about her happiness. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sarai tried her first sip, and couldn’t tell whether the flavor—smoke and flowers—was her own memory of tea, or if Lazlo was shaping the sensory experience within his dream. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I forgot all about giving him his tea, but it will still be good in the morning. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He feels guilty throwing out the food; were it his father in his place, he would have packed the spare rice and tea bags into his suitcase. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pull the turkey tea cozy off the giant jug of pretzels where it usually sits, stick it on my head like a hat, and dance around the kitchen. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He grabbed me by the arm, dragged me into the mess tent and served up a mug of steaming tea and a plate of biscuits. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She smells like she always does, a mix of incense and the special kind of dark tea she drinks. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We spent a half hour over tea, talking about the Tang people’s town and our respective families back in the Middle Kingdom, and how the boycott had affected them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not drink his tea or touch the yam slices Ugwu had warmed up from the night before. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The old colored man paused in taking a drink of his sweet tea and set the glass aside. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

We sit and talk another few minutes, drinking coffee and tea, until I look at my watch. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I need like four slices of lemon for tea.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ralph drew back his window curtain, moved his desk so that the sun kept his tea warm. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But immobilizing darts don’t bring on sleep gently, like a good cup of tea; they knock out like a bottle of hard liquor straight up. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel and Helen were coming for tea after synagogue. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Thayee says the British invented high tea, but Indians and Pakistanis perfected it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Alex,” Henry says archly, “believe it or not, the children of the crown don’t only spend their childhood going to tea parties.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When Harry and Ron had had their teacups filled, they went back to their table and tried to drink the scalding tea quickly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

My sister takes a longer look, reading the details while our parents sip their tea. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If there was a breeze in the ’hood it must have stopped somewhere for an iced tea because I didn’t see or feel it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next came raspberry jam, a cup of tea and the milk jug. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I took the robe to the kitchen, where Babou was pouring himself a cup of tea. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Your secret is safe with me,” Baba says, dipping another cookie in the tea. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“You hear me? I said pick me some tea.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Looking up suddenly, she said: “You know, it was like having tea with a black panther.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her house servant knocks, then enters the room with a tea tray. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The Huntsman brewed a bitter, dark tea that morning that she had never tasted before. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I am almost done. Can you make me some of your special tea?” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Won’t you come in and have a cup of tea, or something?” the man said invitingly. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was pulling wooden boxes out of a bag, as well as a whole bunch of glass jars, the kind that Genie drank sweet tea out of. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

That was rice with green tea, with a topping or two, like seaweed or dried fish. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“No, sir. I mean yes, sir, I want to join you, but no, sir, I don’t like tea.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Likely, she was remembering the tea incident last week at Mrs. Brenner’s place. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

For breakfast my parents often made their ochazuke—green tea mixed with rice—from the crusty old rice at the bottom of the pot. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Because the next words out of her mouth are: “Oh, sugar honey iced tea.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

On her desk, next to her computer, was a tin of loose-leaf tea. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Neighbors would stop and listen to the music, and occasionally invite themselves in for a cup of tea. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She must have done up her hair first, before she came in from two hours’ stone-picking on the runway, but she’d fallen asleep before she’d even taken the spoon out of her tea. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Ladies, we sure know how to host a tea,” Mrs. Malloy says. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She made sure they all ate a good breakfast in the morning—usually potatoes with mushroom gravy and beet tea. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, don’t just stand there, boy. Get the water boiling for tea. Lots of water.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adam said eagerly, “Oh, don’t go yet, ma’am. Lee is making some tea. It will warm you up.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ravi and I went for walks in the tea estates near town. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A dark smell of brewing tea hung strong in the air. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When we have different things happening at distinctly different times, sentences get more complicated: Elaine says she made tea last Sunday, but she will make coffee next week. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elizebeth had not had much to do with FDR, but Eleanor Roosevelt had often invited her to tea and garden parties at the White House. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I coughed, and tea dribbled down my chin. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Why, Mina, have I been asleep! Oh, do forgive me for being so rude. Come, and we’ll have a cup of tea somewhere.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I liked running to do someone a favor, to get some sugar or tea, or to carry a message. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knocked and went into his room with a glass of the cold tea and a soft-boiled egg I had stirred up in a cup, hoping I could get him to eat a few bites. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mom starts pouring tea into the cups, her blond hair pulled back into a high knot. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Lady Scholar, come drink tea,” they said to each of the others. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She winces while she stirs her tea, as if holding the spoon pains her. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He drifted off to sleep and awoke to find a lunch of tea and cream crackers covered with a thin layer of marmalade. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She’s worn out and gasping for a cup of tea so would he drop his grand airs, boil the water for the tea and fry some bread before his two small sons starve to death. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t you like a cup of tea before you go, Mr. Van Rensselaer?” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he was taking me to the bubble tea place, he couldn’t be that angry, right? Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

While sipping tea and nibbling on cakes, the women complained about the injustices of their daily lives. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

We have tea and boxty and boiled eggs and we all fall asleep. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Why didn’t the strong tea made of bitter bark, the tea that Nokomis brewed for Omakayas, send her jumping up lively as she used to be? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Margit gave them milk tea and warm pancakes with sour cream and jam. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“One always has room for a spot of tea,” she says, still in a British accent. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

A lot of it, and very liquid, like someone had poured out a pot of tea. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mom sipped her tea and let out a long, contented sigh. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

People walked along the paths, sat on benches and sipped tea. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She brings me lemon balm tea to settle my nerves and starts cleaning up the mess, breathing hard with effort and fear, muttering about how she knew it, that thieves are lurking around every comer. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brews a cup of tea and gives me privacy as he shuffles through some proofs. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Kathleen O’Connell at the shop knows Dad is off to England and money will be flowing back so she’s happy to let Mam have credit for tea, milk, sugar, bread, butter and an egg. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Nasty brutes. Go away. I want my tea!” screamed one of them. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I can last another night here if you send up a couple of boys with some Sherpa tea, first thing in the morning, no later than nine-thirty or ten,” Rob answered. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was tea, in a great silver urn, and coffee too, and on the heater, piping hot, dishes of scrambled eggs, of bacon, and another of fish. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

For herself and for Father, she made tea, using water from a copper teakettle that she must have already boiled and set at the edge of the stove to keep hot. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in Chantal’s room, I light a tea candle and begin my prayers for my mother. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Piper thought about her mother’s tea party in Charleston. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It reminded her of times her mother had tried to teach her about herbs and roots and teas, but she had been too full of herself to pay much attention. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gulps down the rest of his tea and stands, too, tucking his hands in his pockets. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I know Papa drinks English tea and has English biscuits. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Mom feels the same way I do: if she thought she’d have another chance to share a cup of tea, shop for bargains at Marks and Spencer, or walk in Nan’s garden. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

And I have to go to the Co-op and buy some ham to make Roger’s tea with. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I asked her to bring me up a pot of tea, and when she had gone, inspected the room further. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

George and Frank working on the barn, or Byrd making mint tea for everyone, or Axel learning to walk on George and Emmett’s front porch. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“There are dozens of Afghan restaurants, cafés, and shops. You can drop by, get a cup of tea, and hear the latest news.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

They went almost every Saturday into the center of the city to Philadelphia’s finest department stores—Strawbridge’s, Gimbels, and Wanamaker’s, where afternoon tea was served in its Crystal Tea Room. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

They put up the tent and retreated inside it, where Ron made them tea. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Soon Dove was whining and admitting that a little of the tea had happened to ‘splash’ into his breeches. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ordered sandwiches for himself and Henry, two soft-boiled eggs, toast, and tea with honey for Alfred. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hip is covered with blood; he is so exhausted that I feel for my water-bottle where I have rum and tea. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They drank to that last day, the day on which the tea must be destroyed—unless it was allowed to return to England. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d brought the burner with them and they heated water and made tea and sat wrapped in their blankets against the wind. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He took an excruciatingly long sip of tea before he spoke again. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They get up at eight o’clock, Theo turns the gas on to boil the water; Jo makes the tea; it brews while they dress. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They huddle together, eating, blowing on their tea, and taking tiny, scalding sips as I build up the fire. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

"But something come back to you a minute ago," Alys said, "when you breathed the tea." Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Exhausted, Penelope hustled the children back to the nursery and made them copy alphabets on slates with their slate pencils, while she drank three cups of milky tea to settle her nerves. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I had brought some food — fruit, meat, sugar, salt, and a chicken — and my mother lit the stove to make tea. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am hungrier than usual and devour three pieces of toast and drink two cups of tea without sitting down, wandering around the room. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When I dropped them on the table, Prim's hands reached to tear off a chunk, but I made her sit, forced my mother to join us at the table, and poured warm tea. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Hello,” Cardan says, raising his brows and regarding the Roach as though they were sitting down to tea together. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mama was looking down; her hands were placed on her belly, to hold the wrapper from untying itself or to keep her bread and tea breakfast down. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She’d love a cup of tea but there’s no way of boiling the water till Malachy pulls a loose board off the wall between the two upstairs rooms. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’d give anything to be there right now and to see the tea trolley with unlimited chocolate sandwich cookies, juicy mangos, and even that hot chocolate. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

There, within the flame of the tea candle again, you are on your bed crying into a piece of brown paper. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the toasted rice pops like popcorn, leaving little white fluffy clouds in the tea. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The morning after his return he rose late, and wanting a cup of rushwash tea he went out to fetch water from the spring that ran a little way down the hillside from his house. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Every time you saw them, some butler was shoving some tea in front of them, or the wife was pouring it for somebody. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

As I sipped sweet tea and fidgeted, his Holiness rooted around in an adjacent cabinet, brought out a large, ornately decorated book, and handed it to me. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, just as everyone headed out the door for a tea party, Rafik vomited on the floor. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t mind because he’s used to the long walks.The night before Mam makes him a flask of tea, a sandwich, a hard-boiled egg. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Scoob’s known G’ma going on twelve years and has never seen her drink anything other than water and unsweet tea with a quarter of a lemon squeezed over the top. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Alter, why don’t you come in for a cup of tea?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“There’s the Harvest Festival in District Twelve to think about. So I suggest we drink our tea and head straight to bed.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Baba examines him, encourages him to eat small pieces of bread, to sip a little cooled sweet tea. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think tea is the solution,” I say slowly. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Only at dusk, in the calm of those moments shared over a cup of tea, could he see her human side. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door flung open, punctual to the minute, and the performance, never-varying, of the laying of the tea, the silver tray, the kettle, the snowy cloth. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

This self who sat on the window seat was new, was different….Robert brought in my tea, and I ate my bread-and-butter hungrily. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the afternoons we made pigs of ourselves at tea where we had our pick of all kinds of dainty sandwiches, scones, macaroons, chocolate bonbons, and gooey tarts. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Could you bring your husband an iced tea, please? He’s parched.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When I walk into my room, my bed’s covered in heart stickers, with a line of tea lights trailing from my door. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

They are jawbreaker cookies because they are hard until you dip them in tea. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I take time to clear away the tea before rushing to our bedroom. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She gives me a mug of tea and I watch her roll up his trouser legs and peel away the dirty bandages. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Come. Let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She had three digestive biscuits, a glass of limeade, and a cup of weak tea. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

After tea I returned to point out that it was lucky I found tennis more pleasing than model building. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

So I didn’t like to talk patterns and recipes and pour tea in the parlor. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

They strolled around the lake, bought tea at a stall, and rented deck chairs to listen to elderly men of the Salvation Army playing Elgar adapted for brass band. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

"Your wife can wander as she pleases. After tea." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mam tells Dad it’s a strange thing when a child won’t have his bread and tea and Dad says, Och, he’s just nervous over the First Communion. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The tea stops before it splashes onto an open book as though there is an invisible wall surrounding it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When I started to tell him what had happened afterward, the grimace left his face, and he listened intently, nodding his head from time to time and sipping his tea. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I think that tea with the Ogilvie sisters affected you. Maybe you would be right for their Edward.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z