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chafe
verb as in rub, grind against
Example Sentences
May I offer an alternate suggestion to athletic brands: Invest the time and money to create a great sports bra—one with straps you can fine-tune to your body, and that actually wicks sweat and actually doesn’t chafe—and pair it with a real, lab-backed claim of shaving precious minutes off my marathon time.
They embrace conflict, chafe at playing defense and exhibit self-assurance even in pursuit of unpopular goals.
We can’t do everything to stop Vladimir Putin today because of something Beijing might conceivably do tomorrow is the fundamental claim, and you can see why people chafe at it.
Indeed, despite agreeing with the overall Asia-first assessment, I chafe at it myself — enough to think that the Biden administration made the right call backing Ukraine initially and that a sharp cutoff in aid would be a mistake even if we should be seeking an armistice.
While investors chafe, the firm is looking to the recent acquisition of Bothell-based Seagen and its targeted cancer drugs to help restore Pfizer’s leadership position in the industry.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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