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How to use chafes in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word chafes? Here are some examples.

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His wife is a disgruntled waitress at the same restaurant who chafes at the servile role her job demands.
It's typical of Geldof's cussed character that he chafes at becoming a saint rather than a famous songwriter.
It's a distinction that chafes Chinwe Okelu, former chair of the Mill Woods Presidents' Council, a confederation of community leagues.
It takes on everything without complaining: torrential rains, ultraviolet rays, freezing rain, blowing snow and ice that chafes it.
It is not surprising that the voluntary sector chafes under regulatory restrictions limiting advocacy.
While we may not always disagree, the process thoroughly chafes, I can tell you.
It prevents different sorts of chafes and swelling, working to nourish and hydrate the epidermis.
The smooth, edge-free surface reduces the risk of pressure chafes or bedsores to a minimum.
The cream combats the feeling of dampness as well as the odour, preventing the chafes and swelling creation.
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.
But he chafes at the title, since he knows his bravery was just dumb luck.
The line guide fitting chafes against the drum.
Ensure that the mains cable is not pinched or chafes against sharp edges.
My work chafes against the musical context.
That chafes a bit, his assumption that my horizons need unnarrowing.
Examples from Classical Literature
But it is here that the necklet chafes, for there is but my word to prove it.
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