CHAFFING in a Sentence

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1. The old prince disputed it chaffingly, but without getting angry.
2. Obviously the landowner was chaffing Sviazhsky, who, far from resenting it, was apparently amused by it.
3. 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.