callus

Example Sentences

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They were rough, with calluses from sewing, burns from ironing, cuts from slicing potatoes.

From Literature

My hair was lightening in color, and my hands were callused and bleeding from handling fish with spiny fins and scales.

From Literature

Its coat was darkest purple, and its hooves were yellow, stained and callused and cracking.

From Literature

Every half-decade or so, Justin Bieber sloughs off the callused skin of the pop superstar he became at age 15 to reveal the tender and quirky R&B singer he’s always been at heart.

From Los Angeles Times

Her hand had been rough with calluses around my wrist, and she wore the clothing of a man.

From Literature