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
Analysts predict that consumers, already chafing at rising subscription fees for streaming services, will be spending even more if the deal goes through.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
Especially when businesses and households already are chafing under the costs of the transition to date.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 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
He was constantly chafing Milkman about how he lived, and that conversation was just one more example of how he’d changed.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
