callus

Example Sentences

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“I want to build up a callus of hard work,” Fisch said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2024

The cells formed a tumorlike tissue known as callus that could then be coaxed to grow into a seedling.

From Science Magazine • May 17, 2023

Or maybe you don’t notice it at all, until one day you found a little rough patch and realized it wasn’t any old callus, but a virus that had made a home beneath your skin.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2022

Will I have to ask for more time spent on that callus?

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2022

Ever since I was little, I’ve pressed my right thumbnail into the finger pad of my middle finger, and so now there’s this weird callus over my fingerprint.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green