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Meanings of chafe in English
Usage of chafe in English
1
Many Uighurs chafe at Chinese government controls on their culture and religion.
2
Nonentities are never slandered; they chafe because they are left in peace.
3
The strings crossed, and the upper began to chafe the lower savagely.
4
His terrible headache made him chafe at any prolonging of the scene.
5
But perhaps inevitably, the bonds between the team eventually start to chafe.
6
And now he began to chafe because he was delaying the march.
7
Should your feet chafe, rub tallow on the inside of your boots.
8
I lift one on to my lap and begin to chafe it.
9
She must suspect, and guess, and chafe, and bear it all alone.
10
She began to listen for his coming, to chafe at his delay.
11
But she did chafe at the lack of social life in Calhoun.
12
She smiled pitifully, and came near Andy to chafe his cold hands.
13
Why then dost thou speak in a sense to chafe my blood?
14
He pulls off his dog collar, which is, frankly, beginning to chafe.
15
Many Uighurs chafe at government curbs on their culture and religion.
16
Many there chafe under Chinese restrictions on their culture and religion.
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Catalan
Chafe through the time
Chafe across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common