callus

Each adds another layer of callus over the public conscience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

“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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2022

This was not irrational worry, because dried blood was unusual, even for when the callus was cracked open.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green

Jobs that “put calluses on your hands—those are the only jobs I’ve ever had.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

"Our final, clear polish could be put over any manicure or even bare nails, which could help people with calluses on their fingertips, too. So, it has both a cosmetic and lifestyle benefit," explains Desai.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026

The Mackey family habitus is characterized by great pride in hard work, and a healthy skepticism of cushy lifestyles and anyone without calluses on their hands.

From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2023

The 83-year-old Chuck Wepner stands 6ft 5in tall, with broad shoulders and heavily knuckled hands; bone calluses serve as reminders of a life spent punching.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2023

Royal turned over her palm and slid a thumb across her fresh calluses.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

I remembered how her hands felt in mine, warm, deeply lined, callused from a lifetime of hard work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2024

The miners dug hundreds of feet deep with shovels and their bare, callused hands.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2022

“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 ● Mar. 11, 2022

But Meihua had “the hands of a worker, all callused and puffy,” Lena said.

From Washington Post ● May 14, 2020

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

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

In the callusing bed we should endeavor to hasten and perfect the union of stock and scion as much as possible while delaying the starting of the buds and the emission of the roots.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

It is usually better, however, to place them for several weeks in a callusing bed before planting.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

If left as long as this in the callusing bed most of the scion buds will have started and formed white shoots.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

They are, therefore, stratified in a callusing bed where moisture and temperature can be controlled.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

The bottom of the callusing bed is first covered with 2 or 3 inches of sand.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick