Example Sentences

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The clock will chap twelve in ten minutes, and I'm going to my bed.

From A Knight of the Nets by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

But in hard water soap seems to curdle, and some softening agent like borax has to be added or the water will chap the hands.

From Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place by Rogers, Julia Ellen