Sentence examples for chafing against from inspiring English sources

Chafing against authority is virtually her job.

She was chafing against the amber she's trapped in.

Both feature young women chafing against strict religious societies.

People are already chafing against the new deceleration.

Blanchett's Carol is chafing against the constraints of her role as wife and mom.

It is being relocated to release tension and prevent chafing against other parts of the engine.

Blanchett's Carol Aird is chafing against the constraints of her role as wife and mother.

And, like him, I was chafing against authority, and burdened by an overactive imagination.

By this time, Curtis is married to Debbie (Samantha Morton) and chafing against domesticity.

"But you couldn't help feeling that he was chafing against RICO.

There's an intriguing moment in Antony and Cleopatra when we catch Shakespeare chafing against the casting practices of his day.