This page shows Chafe in 19 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like experience or feel. Useful when writing or proofreading a text.
Chafe in a sentence
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Chafe meaning
- Heat excited by friction.
- Injury or wear caused by friction.
- Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
Synonyms of Chafe
Example sentences (19)
Chafe, William H. The Unfinished Journey: America Since World War II Disposable personal income rose 15% in 1966 alone.
We are eternally optimistic Americans who chafe at limits, especially limits imposed on our own lives.
If yours is difficult for any reason, having the festival presented as a bacchanal of goodwill to all men, will, probably, chafe.
Still, she would later chafe at the label “feminist artist,” as she chafed at every label.
The attack by the Wunderland Treatymaker is detailed as a part of Destiny's Forge by Paul Chafe, a part of the Man-Kzin Wars shared universe.
As Chafe points out, such debates surrounded protests during the Civil Rights Movement.
This soft ($64) features a chafe-free, seamless fabric that stretches with you.
Overall, people have shown remarkable discipline and made huge sacrifices, but it’s human nature to chafe against restrictions which limit their freedom.
Enterprise developers chafe against such constraints all the time—the limitations imposed on them by IT, the demands made of them by the business at large.
Chutkan continued to "chafe" at Lauro's arguments during the hearing.
But like when a new boss comes in calling for changes to an underperforming, recalcitrant company, the old management will often chafe angrily against those demands.
They ticked a lot of boxes: they didn’t cause thigh chafe, they didn’t budge when she bent over to pick up her kid, and they were perfect for 30-second bathroom breaks.
He has begun to chafe against Batman's authority.
Chafe will begin his new role on May 1, 2020.
You can cherish them or chafe against them.
While a winter-time trip to Florence will never be yours alone, the experience is smoother, chafe-free and one which allows you to adopt a laziness that feels in keeping with the true spirit of the city.
He said if the numbers keep heading the wrong way, the state will have to crack down on mask-wearing rules and gatherings of all kinds, even though he conceded that many people will chafe at the increased enforcement.
So often, the Oscars prize banality: the best picture is a movie Obama can safely endorse and which generates pleasant water-cooler chatter—a movie designed not to chafe or stir controversy, all the things good art is supposed to do.
Premier Andrew Furey didn't enter into a conflict of interest or violate the House of Assembly code of conduct when he visited World Energy GH2 chairman John Risley's fishing lodge, according to a report from legislative standards commissioner Ann Chafe.
Common combinations with chafe
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to chafe 4×
- chafe at 4×
- chafe against 4×
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