callous

Example Sentences

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I noticed Old Joseph’s hands were calloused and scarred, as knobby as tree bark.

From Literature

The late French queen is best known for her supposedly callous, clueless, privileged suggestion that if the peasants couldn’t get enough bread, they should eat cake instead.

From MarketWatch

David Huerta, president of SEIU-United Service Workers West, which represents airport workers, said the timing of the motion, in the middle of the holiday season, was “particularly callous.”

From Los Angeles Times

I am, by the average measure, certainly no callous stoic.

From Salon

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

From Literature