chafing
Example Sentences
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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
He said he suffered extreme wetsuit chafing and that parts of his tongue fell off due to saltwater exposure.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025
She replied that she had struggled with "bleeding and chafing" for years and the doctor suggested she could have a surgical reduction, to which Shields agreed.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2025
I can often hear their silences as they walk by outside and I can hear men’s Noise responding to it, too, sometimes with chafing but usually in a way that just gets on with things.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
