break stone

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• Convicts were made to break stone for the roads.
• A sculptor might need to break a large stone into smaller pieces.
• The miners used heavy machinery to break stone in the quarry.
• It took immense effort to break the hard stone with hand tools.
• They plan to break stone from the mountain to build the new dam.
• Historically, prisoners were often forced to break stone as a form of hard labor.
• If you want to create a mosaic, you'll first need to break stone into small, colorful tesserae.
• The ancient Egyptians had sophisticated methods to break massive stone blocks for their pyramids.
• He learned how to properly break stone for paving from his grandfather.
• Be careful not to break the precious stone when cutting it.