chaffed
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, Faulconer’s middle-ground politics have chaffed with some of his party’s conservative activists.
From Washington Times • Feb. 2, 2021
These are a godsend for my inner thighs on long, sweaty summer runs, when they otherwise become a red chaffed mess.
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2019
Backstrom chaffed at Presidents' Trophy talk late last season after winning it in 2009 preceded a first-round exit.
From US News • Oct. 3, 2016
Some of the causes of the anger are legitimate; the gardeners, for example, are chaffed over a lovingly tended community garden that was bulldozed by a developer.
From Time • Jun. 1, 2016
He was unmercifully chaffed throughout America when he appeared in public in a light green suit adorned with a large sunflower; but he did not don this outrageous costume because he preferred such startling clothing.
From The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports by Anonymous
