chafe
verb (used with object)
to wear or abrade by rubbing.
will chafe
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future tenseof chafe.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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And to put it mildly, some readers will chafe at Rubin’s weaker takes.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2021
The world does feature its males who will chafe and growl at getting lobbed and drop-shotted, but over there on the other side was not one of those.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2021
Women are so accustomed to the expectation that shoes will be uncomfortable—they will chafe our heels, or squash our toes, or make our insteps ache—that slipping on Birkenstocks felt revelatory.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 16, 2015
The band will chafe instead of the line and simply break with the strike.
From Time Magazine Archive
The etiquette of our Court at Illghera will chafe her continually.
From The Master Mummer by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
