Alexis Ohanian

Unless it's really an emergency, I'm not going to bother you. And you can see people chafe at that. 'You're in the same office and instant-message each other? Why don't you just walk over?' That's the perfect example of how ingrained the status quo is. To certain people, it may seem lazy, but I would argue it's much more efficient and considerate.

American Businessman

Josh Hopkins

I probably have the worst wardrobe. It's the most ill-fitting with the worst patterns and colors and the most nipple rubbage. There's bad chafing, and it's always tight in all the wrong places. What's sad is that I'm kinda getting used to it.

American Actor

Marcus Brigstocke

I'd lie in bed in my dormitory and grab at bits of my body, wanting to tear them off... I was so large by then that, in the heat, my thighs chafed together and bled. I was very unhappy, and yet no one ever asked me how I felt.

English Comedian

Laura van den Berg

As a young writer, I was sort of sailing around trying to 'find my voice' - for lack of a better term - and I was really chafing against the very minimal brand of domestic realism that I'd read so much of in college.

American Writer

Amy Lowell

I am tired, beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little ink drops, and posting it. And I scald alone, here, under the fire of the great moon.

American Poet

Patrick Ness

The magical and fantastical isn't something I'm uncomfortable with in books, and I chafe slightly at the idea that a purely realist novel somehow has more value.

American Author

John Lindsay

Not only is New York City the nation's melting pot, it is also the casserole, the chafing dish and the charcoal grill.

American Politician

Pankaj Mishra

Many ethnic minorities chafed at the postcolonial nationalism of India and Pakistan, and some rebelled.

Indian Novelist

Marine Le Pen

If there's one thing that chafes French pride, it's seeing the British steal the limelight.

French Politician

Brett Goldstein

I wouldn't recommend wearing tight Spandex for hours. It don't half chafe.

Chafe often describes physical friction that causes discomfort, usually skin-related.

Physical action

When something chafes, one instinctively tries to adjust or soothe the area.

Seek relief

Chafe can happen without leaving obvious marks, it's the sensation that's noteworthy.

Not always visible

Chafe here expresses a strong, restless desire for change or action.

Impatient yearning

This chafe shows emotional irritation rather than physical.

Emotional discomfort

Chafe often implies a building annoyance, not sudden anger.

Subtle annoyance

As a noun, chafe can refer to group tension arising from annoyance.

Group Dynamics

Here, chafe isn't about touch but emotional friction.

Not just physical

This type of chafe is the result of contact, like skin against a surface.

Result of friction

Chafe can often be preempted by choosing appropriate clothing or protection.

Prevention

 And on the day of our record attempt, we put furniture pads on the outside of our good luck jeans and we set off, and right away, we were in trouble, because the denim was against our skin and it began to chafe, and soon our knees were being chewed up.

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