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callous

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The warm evening air is replaced by callous, suffocating water.

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What sort of people were they, who could talk in such a callous way?

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Indeed, Dalia has trouble with her Italian, and when she offers to help him find truffles, he insists his granddaughter doesn’t have the instincts or the calloused hands necessary for the job.

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When I ask them what they would like to say to the hackers responsible, they think it is futile to try to change the minds of these callous criminals.

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Those who had marched off to war with youthful idealism and energy return home calloused, maybe wiser, but cynical.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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