Chafe
"Chafe" in a Sentence (11 examples)
That must really chafe.
The shoes will chafe if you don't wear socks.
Like a wylde Bull, that, being at a bay, / Is bayted of a mastiffe and a hound / […] That in his chauffe he digs the trampled ground / And threats his horns […]
When we returned we found the poor prisoner in a terrible chafe with the sentinel for detaining him, for the guard had been true to his trust.
to chafe a cable
the troubled Tiber chafing with her shores
[Gitche Manito] Breathed upon the neighbouring forest, / Made its great boughs chafe together, / Till in flame they burst and kindled; […]
A cable chafes.
He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter.
Many local politicians chafed under the restrictions of Guided Democracy[…]
As Meta has spent billions to bring in A.I. talent, some members of the old guard have chafed at the new hires, three people with knowledge of the matter said.