CHAFFING in a Sentence

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You'd look fine, said a corporal, chaffing a thin little soldier who bent under the weight of his knapsack.

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 Meanings and Examples of CHAFFING
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chaffing
 a.  joking; use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule
Classic Sentence:
1  Obviously the landowner was chaffing Sviazhsky, who, far from resenting it, was apparently amused by it.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 27
2  Three patrol wagons were drawn up at the curb, and the whole neighborhood had turned out to see the sport; there was much chaffing, and a universal craning of necks.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 27
3  You'd look fine, said a corporal, chaffing a thin little soldier who bent under the weight of his knapsack.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
4  I wouldn't have the Scotland Yarders know it for the world," he cried, dropping into his chair; "I have chaffed them so much that they would never have let me hear the end of it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
5  "Jump in, Bill," Mrs. Manresa chaffed him.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 12
6  You may possibly remember that you chaffed me a little, some hours ago, when the sun seemed on your side of the hedge, so you must not grudge me a little pomp and ceremony now.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
7  They called him "little falcon" or "Platosha," chaffed him good-naturedly, and sent him on errands.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER XIII
8  The old prince disputed it chaffingly, but without getting angry.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XIV
Example Sentence:
1  Chad's worthless remarks annoy us.; Chad's chaffing keeps us laughing.