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Meanings of calloused in English

Having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear.

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Usage of calloused in English
1
The doctors become calloused; they are used to seeing pain and suffering.
Evening Round-Up / More Good Stuff Like Pep
2
It is sad to see such calloused inhumanity in one so young.
Grace Harlowe's Second Year at Overton College
3
Liz's elegant, manicured hand seemed to disappear in Ike's broad calloused palm.
The Water Witch
4
All his farming had been done with calloused hands on the plowshare.
Destiny
5
One calloused hand tapped thoughtfully at the hilt of a half-concealed sword.
Strata
6
Perhaps she really fancied she was being hard and unsympathetic and calloused.
Youth Challenges
7
His fingertips, slightly calloused, travel over mine in search of the lever.
Pivot Point
8
Slowly, he covered her one bare hand with his larger, calloused one.
On mystic lake
9
Her hands were calloused and worn and she was ashamed of them.
The Young Lions
10
Long hair, whiskers, grimy, calloused hands, and all the rest of it.
North of Fifty-Three
11
Drew's hard, calloused hands closed on the back of the pew ahead.
Ride Proud, Rebel!
12
She placed her own hand alongside, all work-worn and calloused, and wept.
Children of the Frost
13
She shook it once, her palm heavily calloused and her grip firm.
Leviathan Wakes
14
Although her fingers were rough and calloused, her touch was not unpleasant.
Halo
15
Scott rubbed the old scar on his chin with a calloused forefinger.
Dogs of war
16
Large calloused ones that had toiled probably as long as they had grasped.
Ebony
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common