How To Use Chafe In A Sentence

Skin is easily irritated, chapped, chafed, and sensitized.
Young people often chafe under the yoke of parental control.
But tell me, and tell* me truly, Mr. Clinton; thefegems, when you firft purchafed them, were they ac* tually intended for me? were they not rather intended for your Fanny, for your own Fanny, Mr. Clinton? The Fool of Quality; Or, the History of Henry Earl of Moreland.
Close by the stir of the great city, with all its fret and chafe and storm of life, in the desolate garden of that sombre house, and under the withering eyes of relentless Crime, revived the Arcady of old, -- the scene vocal to the reeds of idyllist and shepherd; and in the midst of the iron Tragedy, harmlessly and unconsciously arose the strain of the Pastoral Music. Lucretia — Complete
If the Social Democratic policy has chafed occasionally, the benefits far outweigh the vexations.

Rome, all noble men, whom the king did do balm and gum with many good gums aromatic, and after did do cere them in sixty fold of cered cloth of sendal, and laid them in chests of lead, because they should not chafe nor savour, and upon all these bodies their shields with their arms and banners were set, to the end they should be known of what country they were. Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
The Count rallied his forces in Bechafen where the constant stream of refugees meant lean rations and poor quarters for all.
It bloats with water if I don't watch my salt intake and it sheds its hair where socks chafe. The Voice of My Body
On the school bus, though, Nina and Zina chafe under the teasing and finger-pointing about their foreign accents and clothes.
Rome, all noble men, whom the king did do balm and gum with many good gums aromatic, and after did do cere them in sixty fold of cered cloth of sendal, and laid them in chests of lead, because they should not chafe nor savour, and upon all these bodies their shields with their arms and banners were set, to the end they should be known of what country they were. Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
He chafed against the implication of coercion in the word imperator: “We could more truly have been titled a protectorate than an empire of the world.” The Great Experiment
His shirt collar chafed his neck.
He chafed a begrimed hand across a similarly soiled mouth, maw gaping wide in a grin, to reveal ebony teeth with fallow flashes of gold.
The Count rallied his forces in Bechafen where the constant stream of refugees meant lean rations and poor quarters for all.
Young people often chafe under the yoke of parental control.
Going up the scale from the gnat, it is found that with the dragon fly this ratio is 30 to 1, with the _tipula_, or daddy-longlegs, 14.5 to 1, the cockchafer only 5.15 to 1, the rhinoceros beetle 3.14 to 1. Our Bird Comrades
In many ways he was unsuited to the life of a country parson, and he chafed under the restrictions.
Suppose that mankini would chafe a bit on a flight. The Sun
He wondered, too, whether the man would be willing to unlock the handcuff that chafed away at his right wrist.
Y'all disenfranchise and marginalize the black man and you expect him to bear his chafe?
Trigger Schafer, who had begun his career as an enlisted metalsmith working on CH-46s, bunked during the workweek in a 40-foot boat he docked at Solomons Island, a waterfront village at the confluence of the Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay. The Dream Machine
These people mean business and can be stopped only with tanks or by buying them larger t-shirts that don't chafe the nipples.
Love them, though, that she could! — and she hugged Peterle to her great bosom, which — NICHT WAHR, MEINE LIEBEN? — they would have judged able to nourish the dozen of which she dreamed; whereas, if they could credit it, for her treasure, her well-beloved little cock-chafer, it had yielded not so much as a mouthful. Two Tales of Old Strasbourg
The further down the dock you can lead the lines, the less acute the angle and the less the chafe.
The sea chafes against the rocky shore.
He attempted to pull his hands free, and winced as the strips of cloth used to restrain him chafed his sore wrists.
Now you have a double bridle that, unlike a single rope bridle, will not quickly chafe through.
He would feel her pulse, chafe her wrists, apply restoratives and smelling salts, burn feathers under her nose.
When you think of the term bipartisan, you immediately think of John Chafee, known throughout his beloved Rhode Island simply as "the man you can trust. Presidential Remarks At Prescription Drug Event
A slight splinter can chafe the skin until it is tender and sore.
Bonita Friedericy, Natalie Schafer Award for an up-and-coming comic actress.
Nor does it seem to chafe my reviewers that avant-garde types like Gauguin, Degas, and Puvis de Chavannes were political reactionaries or that pompiers like Gleyre, Delaroche, and Couture held progressive views at various stages in their careers. 'The Unhappy Medium': An Exchange
The influence of anti-scorching agent CTP on blooming from bead chafer of PCR tire was experimentally investigated.
No: I could not but smile through my chafe: For the fellow lay safe As his mates do, the midge and the nit, ---Through minuteness, to wit. ...
Chafee also notes that previous governors have used the term "holiday" tree. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
In many ways Sterne was unsuited to the life of a country parson, and he chafed under the restrictions.
Our legs, to the hips, are covered with bites and heat and chafed spots where our wet clothes rub against our skin.
Flying insects have absolutely no tail, and so drift along like a rudderless vessel, and beat against anything they happen upon; and this applies equally to sharded insects, like the scarab-beetle and the chafer, and to unsharded, like bees and wasps. On the Gait of Animals
This prompts Josh Chafetz to respond with a pointed observation.
The grubs that you see in the lawn are the larvae of Japanese beetles, June beetles, and chafers.
He took care with it, making sure to leave no knots of thread that would chafe bruised skin.
I found the academy to have a lot of extra rules and regulations, and it kind of chafed me. ‘Mercenary Is a Slanderous Term’
He let it in, caught it, and it turned out to be a common rose chafer—a beetle closely resembling a golden scarab. ENTANGLED MINDS
Hence it app€ars. tlwt in the United States they enjoy the bleffings of a free government and mild laws, of perfonal liberty, 'and protection of property, for nearly one tenth part of the fum which is paid in England for the pur - chafe of fimilar benefits, too generally without the attainment of them. An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the American United States
he had a nasty chafe on his knee
They are a great way to bring everyone up to a dismal, but passable, level of performance, but at the same time, they are aggravating to more talented people who chafe at the restrictions that are placed on them.
It is my belief, as a trans person and intersectional anarchafeminist, that it is in our best interests to make our voices heard directly. Call for submissions for enTRANS’d, a trans-queer feminist ‘zine
Bruises and scratches covered her, especially where the straps had chafed and cut into her: wrists, ankles, angry sores across her muzzle.
In early August, as GM prepared for its post-bankruptcy IPO, the board sought a multiyear commitment from its then-CEO and chairman, Edward E. Whitacre Jr. Instead, Mr. Whitacre, who had chafed at government control of GM, said he would step down. 'I'm Not a Car Guy': On the Road With the New Man at GM's Wheel
The last two, in particular, chafed at the restrictions of religious orthodoxy, but like Galileo after them, chose to live and continue their researches in preference to martyrdom.
As duke, Theseus might easily hasten on the day of marriage if he wished, and indeed he chafes at the waning 'old moon 'that' lingers my desires/Like to a stepdame or a dowager/Long withering out a young man's revenue ', and yet he chooses to abide by the self-imposed delay. Shakespeare
Schäfer has worked out the minute anatomy of muscular fiber, particularly in the wing muscles of insects, which are peculiarly adapted for this purpose on account of the large amount of interstitial sarcoplasm which separates the sarco-styles. IV. Myology. 2. Development of the Muscles
Correspondents chafed at the numerous, often contradictory, rewrites demanded by producers.
They preached the pure doctrine and pure life that Puritans had cherished ever since they formed under Elizabeth and chafed under James.
The clients chafed at the delay.
I had almost given you up, and was just going to cry," she said, laying her little snowflake of a hand upon the one which that morning had chafed the small, stiff fingers of Dora Deane, and which now tenderly pressed those of Ella Grey as the young man answered, "I have not felt like going out today, for my first call saddened me;" and then, with his arm around the fairy form of Dora Deane
William E. Dodge had the courage to face the wrought-up Chief Magistrate, chafed with his narrow escape from the assassins of the railroad journey from The Lincoln Story Book
The irritation diminished, but the cuff still chafed when he stood.
Furthermore, the White House was not directing hostage strategy anymore; the Iranians seemed to chafe at everything associated with Carter, and we had turned the negotiations over to Warren Christopher at the State Department. The Good Fight
Was Bertram already beginning to "chafe" under these new bonds that held him? Miss Billy -- Married
But she usually wore something under the anklet, because the metal bruised and chafed her skin, particularly after she had been fencing.
Chafee also notes previous governors have used the term "holiday" tree. KansasCity.com: Front Page
Her wrists chafed where the rope had been.
Look, prithee, Charmian, How this herculean Roman does become the carriage of his chafe.
Josh Chafetz suggests that all of the papers merely latched on to how one reporter phrased a follow-up question.
He sat in a shaded corner of Avatre's pen, wearing the same tunic as Kiron himself and because he was not used to riding, a pair of the leggings that Heklatis called "trews" such as the barbarians wore, to keep his legs from being chafed raw on the inside. Aerie
These will absorb an awful lot of chafe, and if they do chafe though, veer just a little more line and a new piece of hose will be in the chock to take the chafe.
It was not that she actually regretted her engagement, but none the less she found herself supersensitively conscious of it, and she chafed against the thought of the congratulations and all the kindly, well-meant "fussation" which its announcement would entail. The Hermit of Far End
In the meantime HMS Cockchafer sat at Wanhsien in an uneasy standoff with the overwhelming Chinese troops.
When we had satisfied ourselves that no part of our extensive new wardrobe would chafe or pinch or expose our soft flesh to frostbite, we packed up our bags and the scowler dispatched us I The Big White into the sunshine, marking our names down and issuing threats about the consequences of arriving late for the plane. Terra Incognita
All at once fall in, arms are unpiled, and, enlivened by our band, we again step out; now feet begin to ache, and boots to chafe; but the cheery music of the bands, bugles, or drums and fifes of the regiments marching next to us, generally the Rifles, infuses energy into the most footsore. Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign
I was much pleased to get here the fine long-armed chafer, Euchirus longimanus. The Malay Archipelago
Young people often chafe under the yoke of parental control.
From Isles of Greece / The princes orgulous, their high blood chafed, / Have. .. sent their ships. .. / To ransack Troy.
Aphids, chafer beetles and boring insects find roses to their liking.
Tear-drops have chafed mine eyelids and rail down in wondrous wise, The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Five, ten, twenty meters, I struggle to untie the rope, to find the nodule that will untwine the knot, but my chafed, useless hands can grip nothing. Asimov's Science Fiction
Check for upper radiator hose wear as it sits near an engine-mounting bolt and can chafe.
The loud noise from the nearby factory chafed him.
Tear-drops have chafed mine eyelids and rail down in wondrous wise, v. 53. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
The pollinators of Asclepias woodii and Sisyranthus trichostomus were chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniini) belonging to two species, Atrichelaphinis tigrina and Cyrtothyrea marginalis.
The rope was chafed by the rough surface of the slabstone.
Chafe can be a problem around the upper thighs particularly in hot climates and on rough roads but this can be reduced by using petroleum jelly and has not generally been a significant problem.
The following morning the foretopmast was found to be chafed through, and in the afternoon the foretopsail was split.
Once in the Justice Department, she proved an able cog in the Bush administration's political machine, meeting with Republican activists in 2006 to help plot the firing of New Mexico's prestigious US Attorney David Iglesias, a fellow Republican who "chafed" against administration initiatives. Max Blumenthal: Monica Goodling, One of 150 Pat Robertson Cadres in the Bush Administration
The small remaining areas of coastal tussocks, such as Poa astonii, provide habitat for several species with limited distributions including an endemic chafer beetle, Prodontria praelatella. Southland temperate forests
His shirt collar chafed his neck.
chafe," as Drake says of him, "like a bear robbed of her whelps. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth
All of us had worn sheaths of kid-leather on the arm that held the bow when we began to learn archery in our childhood; otherwise, the string would have horribly chafed our delicate skins.
The loud noise from the nearby factory chafed him.
He then proceeded to tell me how pantyhose tend to chafe him.
My dress was too tight under the arms and had a collar that chafed.
They chafe at labeling as pathological qualities that may be merely irritating.
As independent, self-sufficient camp professionals, we all chafe at increasing government involvement in our personal lives and camp operations.
No, apparently it chafes at her oh so delicate skin.
[B] efore this mission I myself had begun branching out into the more positive aspects of eugenics -- Schafer is more intent on justifying his quest for the mythical yeti: 'I've been mocked for devoting my life to a legend. Archive 2007-11-01
But when, in the Nicolai order, the time for this study arrived, so far from being pleased to find his instructions anticipated, or welcoming such promise of future greatness, -- so far from rejoicing in his pupil's proficiency, the pedagogue chafed at the insult offered to his system by this empiric antepast. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858
Although he chafed at times at her uncomforting honesty, he knew it was the thing—sometimes the only thing—that kept them from losing forever the authenticity they had once believed incorruptible. O: A Presidential Novel
Of creatures that can fly and are bloodless some are coleopterous or sheath-winged, for they have their wings in a sheath or shard, like the cockchafer and the dung-beetle; others are sheathless, and of these latter some are dipterous and some tetrapterous: tetrapterous, such as are comparatively large or have their stings in the tail, dipterous, such as are comparatively small or have their stings in front. The History of Animals
A hell of a farmer I'll make, ', he chafed," when a lot of little calves can scare the stuffin 'outa me. CHAPTER II
Onions repel aphids, rose chafer beetle and carrot flies, weevils, moles, fruit tree borers it controls rust flies and some nematodes and especially protects tomatoes against red spiders. Organic Gardening: Companion Planting
She was repelled by those lacerated hands, grimed by toil so that the very dirt of life was ingrained in the flesh itself, by that red chafe of the collar and those bulging muscles. Chapter 2
The golf bag chafed my left shoulder beneath my tee-shirt and my left palm was badly blistered.
It's a distinction that chafes Chinwe Okelu, former chair of the Mill Woods Presidents' Council, a confederation of community leagues.
Dr. Schafer uses a local anesthetic combined with a mild intravenous sedative before making an incision a few millimeters long under each arm.
Ayres found a lanternfish at Old Man's Harbor ‘rolled and chafed by the tide’ on 31 October 1841.
The collar was far too tight and chafed her neck.
Adult chafers begin emerging in late May and early June at the time of grape bloom.
Insect larvae such as leatherjackets and chafer grubs, which feed on grass roots, have now reached a size and state of succulence that tempts birds to dig for them, spoiling lawns in the process.
Boaters took the news seriously, coming down in droves to get boats ready - decreasing windage, adding extra lines and chafe protection.
It is called a macadamized road, and twenty miles of it will make the pelvis of a long-waisted man chafe against his ears. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X)
Hsu Fu consumed rope like no other vessel that I had ever sailed, and the reason was obvious: chafe.
The composer chafed under programmatic restraints and felt more comfortable with formal design, a sign of the symphonist to come.
And in the surrounding towns, an army of smart professionals chafed under long rush-hour commutes to downtown Boston or famed Route 128 to the west.
Pundits and scientists chafe at regulations that hamper their creativity and the direction of their research.
Though Greeks have chafed under austerity measures, recent polls show the majority of the country's population wants to retain the euro. Tour Operator Sparks Greek-Currency Row
Bonita Friedericy, Natalie Schafer Award for an up-and-coming comic actress.
Schafer continues: ‘At the time I was among those shocked by my colleague's unmannerly attitude, which seemed so egregious that Time picked up his argument in its next issue.’
So as fair Elaine came to Winchester she sought there all about, and by fortune Sir Lavaine was ridden to play him, to enchafe his horse. Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
He does, however, chafe at descriptions of him as a slow-growth advocate.
Goin 'down: Braves give Jordan Schafer time to regroup is the next entry in this blog. Braves' Caray not yet a Chip off the old block - sports
Chafets presented Limbaugh as a kind of loveable teddy bear who was naturally "tickled to be taken out to eat on The New York Times. Eric Alterman: Think Again: Chafets and Limbaugh: An Army of 1.1
In the meantime HMS Cockchafer sat at Wanhsien in an uneasy standoff with the overwhelming Chinese troops.
His wrists began to chafe against the cloth strips binding them.
If, despite your best efforts, you end up with chafed skin, try a cool compress followed by a fragrance-free, hypoallergenic moisturizer.
Careful not to make a sound to disturb his two fellow inmates, he pulled the rough woollen blanket up towards him (it chafed his moisturised chin) and tried to sleep.
When NARAL, a group built around the fight for reproductive freedom, chose to withhold support from the antichoice Democrat Jim Langevin in the 2006 Rhode Island Senate race and endorse pro-choice Republican Lincoln Chafee they earned the ire of the liberal blogosphere. Big Girls Don’t Cry
The messenger bent and scratched at his knee where the strapping chafed.
A recent entry describes relentless attacks from what he calls the "chafe monster. Going the Distance to Help Fight a Rare Blood Cancer
He chafed less under the authority of mothers, though in at least two works he shows a secret anger there, too.
Also, check your main reef lines to prevent chafe to the sailcloth that may be pinched between the line and the boom.
Alexander was pushed up against the side of the carriage and bound with hemp rope that chafed uncomfortably against his bare wrists.
A shiver passed through Darius, and he began to chafe his arms to push some warmth back into them.
The collar was far too tight and chafed her neck.
I am a huge coinsure of the twisted humorous vision of Tim Schafer and I check Tasha of DoubleFine's web comic religiously. 8bitjoystick.com
Careful not to make a sound to disturb his two fellow inmates, he pulled the rough woollen blanket up towards him (it chafed his moisturised chin) and tried to sleep.
Instead, I have put just a little vaseline on to prevent chafe before really long runs.
(Lord ARTHUR and I frequently do not speak for a week unless someone is present) -- but I do not think these things should be made public, and besides, it is an unwritten law amongst "smart" people to avoid subjects that "chafe" -- which sounds like an anachronism -- whatever that means! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 4, 1892
This leash chafes the dog's neck
Of creatures that can fly and are bloodless some are coleopterous or sheath-winged, for they have their wings in a sheath or shard, like the cockchafer and the dung-beetle; others are sheathless, and of these latter some are dipterous and some tetrapterous: tetrapterous, such as are comparatively large or have their stings in the tail, dipterous, such as are comparatively small or have their stings in front. The History of Animals
Babcock demands his players give a full effort each night, but the players don't chafe at his iron-handed style.
Play the man of wind so like me actually, be just like bug of that jade-like stone fire in dark night, the chafer in cropland, it is in that way bright!
My chafed nipples ache against my now saturated shirt. Rewound.
Governor Chafee's solution to call the spruce in the State House a "Holiday Tree" has elicited howls of outrage from citizens complaining of the secularization of this Christian holiday. Jeffrey Small: The Origins Of Christmas
Chafee also proposed a five-year delay in setting specific limits for fine particulates, or soot, citing scientific uncertainty.
He fiercely fought for his artistic freedom, creating the so-called "outlaw" movement - a term he chafed under - that would eventually envelop artists like Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson. The Seattle Times
Being a dark tyrannical overlord is something that exempts one from Casual Friday, no matter how much the leather may chafe. Collect Call From Coruscant
Many members of the alien companies of the Pioneers chafed against the restrictions of their service.
I found the Academy to have a lot of extra rules and regulations, and it kind of chafed me. ‘ “Mercenary” Is a Slanderous Term’
He chafed against the implication of coercion in the word imperator: “We could more truly have been titled a protectorate than an empire of the world.” The Great Experiment
The loud noise from the nearby factory chafed him.
We prevent chafer larva in nursery with 33% furation pelletized granule and 50% phoxim oil concentrate and get best result.
Schäfer explains these phenomena in the following way: He considers that each sarcous element is made up of a number of longitudinal channels, which open into the clear part toward the membrane of Krause but are closed at the line of Hensen. IV. Myology. 2. Development of the Muscles
And even the Twins kind of chafe me, when I consider that it is WE that deserved Joe Mauer and THEY what deserved Mark Prior. GoatRiders of the Apocalypse
I chafed some warmth into my soul by telling myself that our business required an understanding of the fleeting.
Masked chafers or annual white grubs (1-year life cycle) have pearly white eggs laid by the tan beetle female in July.
These will absorb an awful lot of chafe, and if they do chafe though, veer just a little more line and a new piece of hose will be in the chock to take the chafe.
Our maintainers determined recent rain, combined with chafed insulation on the wiring behind the formation-lights rheostat, had created a short circuit.
Accordingly they pushed on, and in due time slept at Berwick, receiving civilities from the English governor that chafed Patrick's blood, which became inflammable as soon as he neared the Border; and rising early the next morning, they passed the gates, and were on Scottish ground once more, their hearts bounding at the sense that it was their own land, and would soon be no more a land of misrule. The Caged Lion
The rope chafes on the branch.
For one thing, Caprio's drop in the polls is an indication that the "shove it" remark was not well received by voters; indeed, it seems to have contributed to a narrative Chafee's campaign was already building around the candidate as lacking the character and temperament to be governor. The Fix: Democrat who told Obama to 'shove it' is tanking
The father was faithful and grateful: the son knows no law but his own humor; detests the ugly dwarf who has nursed him; chafes furiously under his claims for some return for his tender care; and is, in short, a totally unmoral person, a born anarchist, the ideal of Bakoonin, an anticipation of the "overman" of The Perfect Wagnerite, Commentary on the Ring
Researchers are often unfamiliar with intellectual property issues and chafe at patenting hurdles.
The collar was far too tight and chafed her neck.
Chafers overwinter below ground as pupae and the adults emerge in spring.
Some senior regulators have chafed at the growing clout that Bank of England officials already wield, according to recently departed officials. UBS to Test U.K. Regulator
Among poor blacks worldwide, who may chafe from the legacy of colonial churches brought by white missionaries, Pentecostalism offers a theology that is more emotionally and experientially based and a liturgy that accommodates local rites, rituals, and traditions. The Preacher
But the salvagee, by this method, was always left at the buoy, and was, of course, more liable to chafe and wear than a hawser passed through the ring, which could be wattled with canvas, and shifted at pleasure. Records of a Family of Engineers
Her wrists chafed where the rope had been.
Young people often chafe under the yoke of parental control.
Ramirez winced as the coverlet slipped and chafed one of the icy burns that wound around his pallid arms.
Tut, no: I chafe at the proud heart that set the arm in motion; the proud meaning his words symbolled out, 'So will English strength guard Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 09
Now, while Naani did sleep, I stript off mine armour, and took off mine under-suit, which was named the Armour – Suit, and a very warm and proper garment, and made thick that it should ease the chafe of the armour. The Night Land
The idea of courtship, of osculatory processes, of marrying and giving in marriage, made this elderly virgin chafe and fume, she never having, at any period of her life, indulged in any such ideas or practices, and being angry against them, as childless wives will sometimes be angry and testy against matrons with their prattle about their nurseries. The Newcomes
The collar was far too tight and chafed her neck.
His wife is a disgruntled waitress at the same restaurant who chafes at the servile role her job demands.
The morrow, Sunday, would mark the forty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Amanda Schafer's lovely novella, Rosenstrauch-maria. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
We quickly found common ground with our table mates and shared a wonderful Voignier made by John Schafer, one of our tablemates.
She chafed her cold hands vigorously.
He took off his mask, rubbed a couple of sore spots on his slender face where the mask chafed against his pale skin.
Her shoes chafed the skin on her feet.
As helpful as such guides are meant to be, they're nothing but buzz kill, a chafe, strictly for the birds.
There are 196 species of butterflies (49% of Kwazulu-Natal species), 52 species of dragonflies (23% of South African species), 139 species of dung-beetles, 27 species of hole-nesting wasps, 64 species of biting flies (64% of South African tabanids), 58 species of chafer beetles (cetonids) and 41 species of land snails. Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, South Africa
In 1882, Mark Twain chafed at the expense of sending large manuscripts through the mail, a hardship remedied these days by digital files. Mourn Snail Mail? No Way.
While Big Business chafes at many federal regs, in recent years it has begun to recognize the advantages of uniformity over a 50-state patchwork of laws.
It's typical of Geldof's cussed character that he chafes at becoming a saint rather than a famous songwriter.
His shirt collar chafed his neck.
The linkmen on the steps stamped and chafed their hands. The Complete Stories
The handcuff chafed his left wrist.
Sure, they may have chafed under the yoke of being Jimi's ‘sidemen’, but he simply never had any better.
I believe, in contradiction to most etymologists, that the Egyptian scarab, chepera, is our word chafer, French cafard, and possibly Italian scarafaggio. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 3

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