So I sat up on the edge of the bed and looked down at my thick, work-hardened hands, thinking.

As he carried it he brushed his hard work-hardened hand across it to remove any dust or sawdust.

She'd reached out and taken one of his big work-hardened hands in hers.

Behind the young family sat an ancient man with a hideous cough and work-hardened hands.

He took Coll's work-hardened hands and gently tried to lift him.

Her son watched her face as it was lifted, and her small, work-hardened hands fingering at the bow under her chin.

Leslie clasped her brown, work-hardened hands tightly together to still their shaking.

He hadn't really squeezed, but his big, work-hardened hand had been tight enough to bruise.

But then he seemed to put the matter aside with a gesture of his work-hardened hand.

Groups of men with work-hardened hands gather in the twilight to talk.