Example Sentences

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When the authoritarian leader starts to display physical impairment, the people who have been chafing under his iron fist stop fearing him.

From Salon • Nov. 19, 2025

In addition, DirecTV and other distributors also have been chafing over efforts by Disney and other entertainment giants to build their own streaming services, which compete with their long-time partners, the pay-TV companies.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2024

These have earned them much popularity at home, where many Yemenis have been chafing under their brutal rule.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2024

Shenzi, whose pack of scavengers have been chafing under the rule of a big jungle cat who decides who eats whom and when, is only too happy to aid and abet Scar’s coup.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2019

Unhappily, no supernova explosions have been observed in our Galaxy since the invention of the telescope, and astronomers have been chafing at the bit for some centuries.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan