chaffed
Example Sentences
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He no longer had complete control over his music and chaffed when it was suggested he do an Elvis cover.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 3, 2020
These are a godsend for my inner thighs on long, sweaty summer runs, when they otherwise become a red chaffed mess.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2019
Backstrom chaffed at Presidents' Trophy talk late last season after winning it in 2009 preceded a first-round exit.
From US News ● Oct. 3, 2016
Christie’s new structure chaffed many of the 125 longtime prosecutors who previously moved freely between silos and were already predisposed to distrust the newcomer and his full embrace of new surveillance programs.
From Time ● Nov. 23, 2015
As the crew rolled off a small 179 consignment of freight, the captain—a raw-boned, red-faced, and thoroughly good-humored man—leaned out of the pilot-house window and pleasantly chaffed us about our lowly conveyance.
From Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers by Thwaites, Reuben Gold
