callus
Example Sentences
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His arms and face were tanned from perpetually toiling in the sun, his fingers callused.
From Los Angeles Times
“I’m afraid, everyone is afraid,” he said, clasping his hands, toughened and callused by years of fighting and manual labor.
From New York Times
“Allowing the cutting to callus over prevents root rot, and rooting is more likely with this approach,” she says.
From Washington Post
Our feet are remarkably high maintenance in the best of times: We have to worry about bunions and blisters, corns and calluses.
From Washington Post
Presumably, it doesn’t get those pesky finger calluses.
From Scientific American
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
