chafe

So while we may chafe at having our worth reduced to numbers on the boss’s productivity dashboard, we have to play the game as it’s being played.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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

Mr. Das nodded, readjusting the camera strap where it had begun to chafe the back of his neck.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

Tucci’s scheming cleric chafes at the prospect of becoming the “Nixon of popes,” a line for the back of the class.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2024

Pimples or a rash in the area of the breasts or on the upper back, caused by a bra that chafes, is not clean or is made of material that is allergenic or not breathable.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 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

The cold collar chafes my neck and makes the shivering even harder to control.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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

Young and Cox increasingly chafed at Britain’s postwar plans for Greece.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 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

“There were so many guardrails and it was so restrictive,” she says, adding that she chafed at the hours, the dress and behavioral codes, and the lack of creativity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

It chafed me as much as the Benedictine habit, as it turns out.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

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

Especially when businesses and households already are chafing under the costs of the transition to date.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

He said he suffered extreme wetsuit chafing and that parts of his tongue fell off due to saltwater exposure.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025

He could not feel his legs, hanging useless in the stirrups, but the strap around his chest was tight and chafing, and the melting snow had soaked through his gloves to chill his hands.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin