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But threaded through that agricultural machinery is another, less calloused dream.—Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026 Close your eyes and Twisted Teens appear with calloused hands and dirty sweat smudges in the Louisiana humidity.—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 Feb. 2026 Broken eggs placed in bed as a prank are an excuse for Heathcliff to let the goo drip suggestively across his calloused hand.—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026 Santa seemed deeply exhausted, and his calloused fingers were evidence.—Lauren Ashley Bishop, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for calloused