- present participle of chafe.
chafing
Example Sentences
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With each stride, I squirmed deeper into the Florsheims’ tapered toes in a vain effort to spare my chafing heels.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
While Mr. Scharf is chafing to get off the planet, Mr. Willis is happy to let robots do the grunt work of searching for ETs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Analysts predict that consumers, already chafing at rising subscription fees for streaming services, will be spending even more if the deal goes through.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
And when the authoritarian leader starts to display physical impairment, the people who have been chafing under his iron fist stop fearing him.
From Salon • Nov. 19, 2025
Maybe the merchant wives came here to scrub the floors and walls and windows, to honor Ghezen, the god of industry and commerce, with soap and water and the chafing of their hands.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
