chafe

You respect the rules even if you chafe at some of them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Investors, though, have found various reasons to chafe at Microsoft’s story.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 30, 2026

They might chafe at the regulatory sovereignty of American regulators, especially as other jurisdictions are attempting to establish themselves as crypto centers.

From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025

But others chafe at the bit to let loose the dogs of their wild-eyed fantasies.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025

A someone who splintered the knot into silver threads that tangled us, netted us, made us long for the dull chafe of the previous boredom.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

In Mr. Harris’s sensitive portrayal, Caesar resents his dependence on the martial acumen of Agrippa, who soon chafes at his subordinate role.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Philip, who is earnest and honest to a fault, chafes at the lie but soon realizes that he’s helping someone to live their authentic life, so he throws himself into it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

Sherman, who chafes at the notion that his nonpartisan group works on Democrats’ behalf, notes that several Republican lawyers, former judges, members of Congress and governors have filed briefs with the Supreme Court backing them.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2024

Kirsten chafes, but only very little, at becoming a full-time mother instead of a working one.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

Much as I keer fer my fam’ly, a crowded cabin chafes me; it alius has.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

Although many Gambians have chafed at his bid for a third term, he was seen as the country's most viable candidate until the recent electric problems.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

The company and its followers have long chafed at their second-class status, and last week’s iPhone unveiling reignited the resentments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The 1954 TV show made him a local celebrity flush with cash, but he chafed against the producers who he said “tried to make robots out of us.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The U.A.E., one of the world’s largest oil producers, had long chafed at Saudi-backed production constraints.

From MarketWatch ● May 3, 2026

Joe focused for a moment on her fingers, red and chafed.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

With each stride, I squirmed deeper into the Florsheims’ tapered toes in a vain effort to spare my chafing heels.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

There’s Hims for hair loss, Megababe for thigh chafing, Frida for postpartum woes and Starface for acne.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025

Analysts predict that consumers, already chafing at rising subscription fees for streaming services, will be spending even more if the deal goes through.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

Ellie is a headstrong 19-year-old chafing against Joel’s awkward efforts to parent.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2025

Unhappily, no supernova explosions have been observed in our Galaxy since the invention of the telescope, and astronomers have been chafing at the bit for some centuries.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan