Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for callused
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Staffing shortages in University of Colorado Hospital’s sterilization department were so acute this summer that state inspectors reported finding trays of surgical tools caked in blood and tissue that had been left sitting in rooms and a hallway for more than 24 hours.—
Jessica Seaman,
Denver Post,
17 Oct. 2025 -
When you’ve been outscored 69-9 in the first halves and by 76 points overall in the previous three games after losing Joe Burrow for three months, every decision comes caked in desperation.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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Seeking higher and drier ground, the windsurfer noticed a hard hat encrusted with barnacles.—
Ben McGrath,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Thousands of onlookers gathered in the streets outside the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills as Taylor—then just 18 and ravishing in yards of white satin encrusted with seed pearls—raced to the ceremony.—
Gillian Telling,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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It had been hardened too much for an emotion so soft.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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And his immigration policies seem only to have hardened since then.—
Patricia Lopez,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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The better story won a long time ago and froze into a myth with present-day repercussions.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Under Adams, the board never froze rents.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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Drew stiffened as Theo Wiggins headed his way.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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McDaniel made the point that the Dolphins’ defensive line and run defense stiffened somewhat after struggling badly on the first drive.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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While the rest of Burning Man celebrated, Kruglov lay prostrate on the ground at a faraway campsite in a comparatively desolate section of Black Rock City, his throat slashed, as a puddle of blood congealed around his lifeless body.—
Denver Nicks,
Rolling Stone,
14 Sep. 2025
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The final Thursday of November was Thanksgiving until 1939 when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt solidified it as the fourth Thursday, hoping to increase retail sales during the Great Depression.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Belladonna of Sadness, Shinjuku is one of the works that solidified some of the now-familiar conventions, aesthetics, and possibilities of horror anime.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Callused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callused. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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