callus

Each adds another layer of callus over the public conscience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

“I want to build up a callus of hard work,” Fisch said.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2024

The cells formed a tumorlike tissue known as callus that could then be coaxed to grow into a seedling.

From Science Magazine ● May 17, 2023

Will I have to ask for more time spent on that callus?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2022

Why did I ever crack open the callus anyway?

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green

Jobs that “put calluses on your hands—those are the only jobs I’ve ever had.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

"Our final, clear polish could be put over any manicure or even bare nails, which could help people with calluses on their fingertips, too. So, it has both a cosmetic and lifestyle benefit," explains Desai.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026

She was found with large calluses on her feet and ankles from constantly being on her hands and knees cleaning floors.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026

“There’s a little bit of calluses built up where the rib was broken. But it’s mostly comfortable now, nothing too crazy.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023

“You’ll get calluses real quick,” he promised as I handed them over.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Every half-decade or so, Justin Bieber sloughs off the callused skin of the pop superstar he became at age 15 to reveal the tender and quirky R&B singer he’s always been at heart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2025

The miners dug hundreds of feet deep with shovels and their bare, callused hands.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2022

The stretched hide and callused hand, the scraped gourd and dried seeds, call out to the scratched record and the fingers dancing over the mixer’s dials.

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2021

But Meihua had “the hands of a worker, all callused and puffy,” Lena said.

From Washington Post ● May 14, 2020

By the time the snow on the mountain began to melt, my hands were thickly callused.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Bioletti, on callusing beds, 56. on grafting, 48, 52. on pruning in California, 151. on resistant stocks, 63. quoted, 18.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

They are, therefore, stratified in a callusing bed where moisture and temperature can be controlled.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

It is usually better, however, to place them for several weeks in a callusing bed before planting.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

Apparently what occurred was that the grafting wax and paraffin which was coated over the scion melted and penetrated the union, like that much kerosene or penetrating oil, and prevented callusing.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934 by Northern Nut Growers Association

Conifer grafts are often placed in a grafting case for rapid callusing.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 by Northern Nut Growers Association