Example Sentences

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While Mr. Scharf is chafing to get off the planet, Mr. Willis is happy to let robots do the grunt work of searching for ETs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The problem is that your stepmother is too controlling and blaming you for the fact that her daughter understandably is chafing under unreasonable expectations.

From Slate • Oct. 5, 2023

A bit ironic then, if understandable, that the Irish novelist Sally Rooney is chafing at her fame.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2021

But a vocal minority is chafing against the restrictions.

From Reuters • Aug. 1, 2020

Tremouille is chafing at Passignano, swearing that the game was ours if we had only let him march on after Fossombrone, and he was right.

From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by Levett-Yeats, S. (Sidney)