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The men are gruff union steel workers with calloused hands and traditional names like Gino and Adelmo, but since our family hails from Northern Italy, everyone has blue eyes and fair hair.—Rachel Linden, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025 Deliberately, l avert my gaze as thick woody fingers interlace like calloused hands in prayer.—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025 May their hearts not become calloused or hard, but refresh them in Christ.—Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 30 Jan. 2023 The New York punk scene inspired sonic experimentation in multiple directions, from the aggression of the Ramones to the tightly wound funk of Talking Heads to the calloused poetry of Ms. Smith.—Peter Keepnews, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2023 See All Example Sentences for calloused
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