The word "chafing" is correct and can be used in written English
It is commonly used as a verb, meaning to rub or irritate against something causing discomfort or soreness. Here is an example of the word "chafing" being used in a sentence: "After a long day of hiking, Sarah's boots began chafing against her heels, causing blisters to form."
We study for three years focused on one thing, chafing against our natural inclination toward myriad interests, with the vague expectation of a better job.
Now Daimler, chafing at Chrysler's mounting losses and slumping market share, is contemplating divorce".We do not exclude any option in order to find the best solution," said Dieter Zetsche, DaimlerChrysler's boss, on February 14th.
But that is to ignore the likely alienation of voters in provinces, such as Papua, still chafing at rule from Jakarta.In yet another reform, voters will pick individual candidates not party lists.
Four other politicians two ex-MPs and two peers have been charged with similar offences, and the police are investigating several others.Meanwhile, MPs are chafing under the tighter expenses regime designed amid the aftershocks of the scandal.
It is safe to say that critics of Chinese policies on Tibet, Darfur, Xinjiang (where Muslim Uighurs are chafing at Chinese rule) or the outlawed Buddhist sect, Falun Gong, will not be getting them.
Already the country is chafing under interest rates that were pushed up by six percentage points to 18% during talks with the fund.
His river Zei is similarly ghostly, like the terrain of a land that is chafing under successive droughts and unfettered development.
France, the biggest farm producer, is chafing at limits on production and exports.
And Greece's new government is chafing at the constraints imposed by being part of the euro zone.
The generals are already delighted that Miss Megawati will take power: she is a staunch nationalist and will probably do little to hold them accountable for corruption, or for violent crimes in unsettled provinces where secessionist groups are chafing at rule from Jakarta.Now Mr Wahid has made it easy for the army to look good.
The left half of the Democratic electorate is chafing for an opportunity to vote against the expansive national-security state as soon as Barack Obama is no longer in charge of it.
