chafe

Though she cherished her hometown, in letters to her friend Welty sometimes chafed at its limitations: In 1933, she listed her home address in correspondence to Lyell as “Loose Ends, Mississippi.”

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.

Saudi Arabia still chafes at the limits to its influence with the White House.

When the authoritarian leader starts to display physical impairment, the people who have been chafing under his iron fist stop fearing him.

Even back then, however, Norman chafed at how golf was run.