Meanings of break crockery in English

There was broken crockery scattered among the remains of furniture and charred floor-boards.

There was a sound of breaking crockery and some feeble whimpering.

She lay down on her lee beam ends with a crash of breaking crockery.

As the two walked, their feet crunched on a layer of splintered glass and broken crockery.

About you lie broken crockery and shattered earthenware.

There was a crash of breaking crockery from the pantry and Bolitho half-rose from his chair.

On her side of town, whenever couples disagreed, the result usually involved bruised limbs and broken crockery.

The serving maids were cleaning up, muttering among themselves about the mess of spilled wine and broken crockery.

Shards of glass and broken crockery extended from the sink counter to the wall cabinets on the far side.

At the time gardaí arrived, there was no sign of a struggle but broken crockery had been swept up.

She thought about the pieces of broken crockery laying on her kitchen floor and decided she'd prefer he didn't know she'd been deranged.

The ground surrounding the ring of stones and the rubbish-filled pit was mostly denuded, covered in a gravel of fire-cracked rocks and broken crockery.

The man himself had known where it was -a shard of broken crockery marked the spot -and had stepped over it smoothly.

At this moment the cook, who had heard the sound of breaking crockery, and judged it expedient that he should be present, opened the door.

Hank grabbed a corner and yanked the tablecloth into the kitchen and through the back door, leaving a trail of singed food and broken crockery.

"Joabis said you were wrecking the place," said Skylan, looking at the overturned tables, upended benches, broken crockery, and pools of spilled ale.