When teasing started, she shrugged and recited sticks and stones may break my bones with a tired smile.

I know you'll hate some of my decisions, but you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs when we're trying to reform the company.

A solitary breakstone pushed a tuft of green from a narrow crevice in the mountain's granite face, its tiny blooms attracting a few brave pollinators.

The breakstones worked silently along the shore, chipping away at the old jetty until it crumbled.