Sentences with chafe
chafe
C c - My shorts were chafing my thighs. [VERB noun]
- He had chafed at having to take orders from another. [VERB + at]
- Rather, he invites attack, for by nature he needs something to chafe against.
- We value our independence and chafe against bureaucracies that deny us choice and the capacity to shape our daily lives.
- He was chafed because he was not allowed out
- He chafed his shoes on the rocks.
- While many chafe under a church's strictures, others prefer rules and certainty, even if it involves loss of freedom.
- But, given the tensions that chafe at straight couples, they may have a better shot at making marriage work.
- Her collar chafed her neck.
- The dripping of the faucet chafed her nerves.
- To chafe cold hands.
- His neck began to chafe from the starched collar.
- The horse chafed against his stall.
- He chafed at their constant interruptions.
- The work was going very slowly, and he began to chafe at the bit.
- A cable chafes.