callused hand

Frequency: 6.88.1 per million words

describes a hand with hardened skin from manual labor or activity

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Examples (10)

  • The farmer's callused hands told the story of a lifetime of hard work.
  • He offered a firm handshake with his rough, callused hand.
  • After years of woodworking, the carpenter had deeply callused hands.
  • The gymnast displayed her callused hands as a badge of honor.
  • A guitarist's fretting hand becomes callused from pressing the strings.
  • She gently touched his callused hand, feeling the texture of his life's labor.
  • His callused hands were cracked and sore after a long day of construction work.
  • Her delicate fingers were a stark contrast to his large, callused hands.
  • With a callused hand, the rower pulled the oar through the water one last time.
  • I could tell he was a manual laborer by his callused hands.