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

"I guess Mrs. Garrett will chafe enough without it."

From Gullible's Travels, Etc. by Lardner, Ring