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To East Berliners, who had been chafing in the gloom of empty shops and echoing streets, the sight of bright, gift-laden visitors seared like acid.

From Time Magazine Archive

The U.S. moves came as a relief to Chinese leaders, who had been chafing at the slow pace of practical cooperation with the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

She made a faint affirmative movement of the head and the cold hand he had been chafing tried feebly to withdraw itself.

From Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

She made a faint affirmative movement of the head, and the cold hand he had been chafing tried feebly to withdraw itself.

From Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

So said a note that reached Yan away in the East, where he had been chafing in a new and distasteful life.

From The Trail of the Sandhill Stag by Seton, Ernest Thompson