chafed

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of Chafe

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The men, who started from different points along the coast, wore no clothes, but I was compelled to put on a bathing suit. Small as it was, it chafed me. When I finished, my flesh under the arms was raw and hurt fearfully. Annette Kellerman

Oh, hide me in your gloom profound, Ye solemn seats of holy pain! Take me, cowl'd forms, and fence me round, Till I possess my soul again; Till free my thoughts before me roll, Not chafed by hourly false control! Matthew Arnold

Even the country's first president chafed at the limits placed on him by the writers of the U.S. Constitution. From the nature of the Constitution, ... I must approve all the parts of a bill, or reject it in toto. George Washington

When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests. Maria Mitchell

But Savage chafed at the lawyer’s suggestion that a miscast absentee vote blocked a voter from fixing that ballot or casting a provisional ballot at the polls. Source: Internet

In 2015, leaders at Fwd.us chafed at Mr. Trump’s immigration proposals, which would have restricted H-1B visas for skilled, foreign-born employees. Source: Internet

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