Chafe

//t͡ʃeɪf//

"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[…]

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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.

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