It was like trying to break rock with my hands.

If they say they're not going to break rock, then that's it.

Six feet of man, and a jaw you could break rocks on.

"It's part of a machine they used to use around here to break rocks," he said.

And there was still metal to be found, if anyone cared to break enough rock to find it.

It was broken, eroded rock, with much stuff fallen from above.

When I get through with him, he's going to be breaking rocks.

By 1882 the first battery to break gold-bearing rock was in operation.

Maybe before the day is over you'll wish that you were back there, breaking rocks.

The thought beat against me like a small, sharp hammer, the sort meant for breaking rocks.