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The phrase "chafing at" is a correct and usable expression in written English
It is used to describe someone being impatient or frustrated when something is preventing them from achieving their desired result. For example, "He was chafing at the slowness of the bureaucracy, eager to get his project finished."
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House Democrats were chafing at being neglected, one said.
Some church officials are chafing at those limits.
There being more pauses, there is more chafing at red lights, and more spurting between them.
But now he found himself chafing at an idea: the snake needed to be fed.
France, the biggest farm producer, is chafing at limits on production and exports.
There's no chafing at the ties that bind to home and family.
Such populism would doubtless go down well with drivers chafing at the high price of petrol.
He then described the conflict of interest that investors have been chafing at for years.
The official estimate of Waldheim was that he was a vigorous leader chafing at governmental restraints.
But even Germans are chafing at the euro zone's ultra-low interest rates.
He is a tall, reserved man who spoke haltingly, chafing at the unaccustomed attention.
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