make callous
Example Sentences
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They humanize those whom prosperity and comfort might make callous.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet) Escott
Here was one who felt grief acutely, rebelliously, and passionately, yet whom sorrow did not sear or harden, suffering did not make self-absorbed or morbid, or pain make callous.
From The Altar Fire by Arthur Christopher Benson
He was only a little indifferent to human suffering—having witnessed much of it—and usage will make callous the most sensitive natures.
From Ran Away to Sea by Mayne Reid
