chaff

But for my money, there is too much tedious, mealymouthed chaff obscuring what should be her larger point.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

But as long-range drones get larger and carry heavier payloads, chaff is becoming more attractive as a low-cost way to confuse radar defense systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

A short walk away, a threshing machine spews clouds of dust and chaff as wheat pours out in a steady stream, rattling into worn brown sacks at farmers' feet.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

It's more about whether you actually believe in something — and boy, oh boy, has the wheat been separated from the chaff in that respect.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2025

Together we have made pallets of cane chaff and leaves.

From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple

“One American can relish hugely the entertainment afforded when one quizzical Englishman chaffs his shy, ineloquent countrymen without expecting all other Americans to shake with laughter at the same spectacle,” Woollcott wrote.

From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2014

He snarls as well as chaffs at a world with the gout.

From Time Magazine Archive

He stands it from me and only chaffs.

From Elizabeth's Campaign by Mrs. Humphry Ward

And when we get him the whole nation publicly chaffs and scoffs—and privately envies; and also is proud of the honor which has been conferred upon us.

From Chapters from My Autobiography by Mark Twain

I almost never see him, and when he does remember me he chaffs me as if I were a silly child.

From Together by Robert Herrick

Other supporters chaffed at accusations that they are trying to ban books.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

“A scandal with all the potential ramifications of Watergate, but where everyone involved is stupid and bad at everything,” Oliver chaffed on his weekly late-night satirical show.

From Washington Times ● May 1, 2023

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

“Just when she had a husband picked out for each of you, too,” chaffed Paul.

From The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret by Margaret Penrose

It causes less chaffing than other bras I’ve owned, too.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2019

And it works very well to help prevent chaffing, too.

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2019

I walked and ran through the heat of my chaffing toes and the cold of my shredded heels.

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2018

At one point Mr Fucarile stops the interview - his new prosthetic leg is chaffing, and he is beginning to blister.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2014

Rondon kept his temper under control but made the chaffing remark, “Well, you have had a splendid bath, eh?”

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple