| Correspondents chafed at the numerous, often contradictory, rewrites demanded by producers. |
| In many ways he 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. |
| 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 composer chafed under programmatic restraints and felt more comfortable with formal design, a sign of the symphonist to come. |
| The following morning the foretopmast was found to be chafed through, and in the afternoon the foretopsail was split. |
