Someone had started by breaking a bottle over his head.
A wave broke over Dorian's head, driving him under again.
When the crisis came, a conflict of orders broke over his head.
I'd been wanting to break a board over my head for a long while.
After another, he broke the bat over his head.
But it's still tough to break a bat over your head even if it was cracked.
The King proceeded to break the whole of his bundle over the dwarf's head, one stick at a time.
Oliver's wife proceeds to break all the crockery over his head.
Jim spluttered as the next wave broke over his head.
According to most sources, the brothers immediately broke them over each other's head.