Your man of business chafes and frets against the inactivity; your man of leisure sorrows over monotony that makes idleness a penalty.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Nay, merely to exist, to permit the orderly march of every-day routine, chafes him to the verge of hysteria.
"Command"
William McFee
It was not like the jerky, breathless trepidation, the loud clamour of factories where manual labour toils and chafes.
"The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Vol. 2"
Emile Zola