The two mongrels were without spirit at all; bones were the only things breakable about them.

Never put two breakable things next to each other in the bag... always separate them with something soft and non-breakable.

Unless she left the room she would break something - the nearest breakable thing.

Humanish spoke of "shattered silence," as though an absence of sound could be as a solid thing, tangible and breakable.

This fortnightly meeting of a society for the free discussion of everything entailed a great deal of moving, and pulling, and ranging of furniture against the wall, and placing of breakable and precious things in safe places.

There are so many breakable things about -windows, walls, houses, the city of Rak Hagga- that sort of thing.

"She's very careful with children and other breakable things."

Was this how he meant to treat her once their child was born, like a delicate, breakable thing?

"When the guns were test-fired, they would warn all the local residents to open their windows and take breakable things off their shelves," he said.

Lots of breakable things sitting in open shelves, as well as uncovered wall sockets.