Chafed

Examples

• In my youth, I should have chafed and fretted under the irritation of my own unreasonable state of mind. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mr. Lorry quietly chafed the hands that held his arm. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He chafed in silence, however, not deigning to reply to her question. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• They chafed her breast, hands, and temples; but the blood had stopped forever. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• You have sufficient reason, I dare say, said Mr. Jarndyce, for being chafed and irritated-- There again! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Holding my hand in both his own, he chafed it; gazing on me, at the same time, with the most troubled and dreary look. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• High into bending and swaying branches he was borne with what seemed to him incredible swiftness, while Tarzan chafed at the slowness of his progress. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Poor Jo looked abashed, and silently chafed the end of her nose with the stiff handkerchief, as if performing a penance for her misdemeanors. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• These two men, of hard, bilious natures both, rarely came into contact but they chafed each other's moods. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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