chafing

Example Sentences

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Now the producer is breaking up with Paramount, the studio that shepherded all his shows, after chafing under the company’s new leadership, topped by chief executive David Ellison.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 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

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

And Iran's younger generation, in particular, is increasingly estranged from the Islamic Revolution, with many chafing at the social restrictions imposed by the regime.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2024

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