The apartment was littered with broken plates and shattered glass, the police said.

She raised the halves of a broken plate, as if in wonder.

Asked to wash a broken plate, as they put it on his homeworld.

If we find a wreck, I'll take the gold and you take the broken plates.

The other hand held a piece of a broken plate.

He guided her over a broken plate in its surface.

There it is, broken plates and food all over the floor.and total silence as everyone digests the moment.

Or maybe a broken plate: they used to have fights, apparently.

The sound under Trisha's sneakers made her think of broken plates.

I changed the subject and handed him the broken partial plate from the garage.