chapped
Example Sentences
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I know people are chapped about start/stop systems, which cycle engines off and on when the vehicle is not moving, in order to save fuel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
"Someone chapped my door and I let them in."
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025
Herbalists recommend calendula lotions, creams, and ointments for chapped skin, eczema, minor cuts and burns, diaper rash, insect bites, hemorrhoids, athlete’s foot, and varicose veins.
From National Geographic • Feb. 7, 2024
This is why it might seem like your lip balm is worsening your chapped lips or that you’re addicted to it, Awan said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2024
And then there were us, the indfgenas, with skin as rough and ruddy as freshly dug potatoes, cheeks chapped raw by the sun and wind.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
