chafing

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Core Scientific shareholders are also chafing at what they perceive to be a missed rally in the stock.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 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

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

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2025

But the sensation they were feeling—that chafing, persistent yearning for something to soothe their weary soul—was often confused with dehydration.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman