I tried to make myself small in the tree, as the branches rubbed against me.

想蜷成一团，缩在树上，而树动枝晃，孰敢迈步！

youdao

His back itched, so he leaned against the fence and rubbed against the boards.

他的背开始发痒，所以他就靠着栅栏，在板条上磨蹭。

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Old romances produce that effect when rubbed against the imagination of cook-shop woman.

她是那么一个扭扭捏捏、男不男女不女的家伙，那些已经破烂的旧小说，对一个客店老板娘的想象力来说，往往会产生这样的影响。

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I tried to make myself small in the tree, as the branches rubbed against me.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

Curtains rubbed against it and Susanne immediately snapped her hand to her chest as if burned.

NEWYORKER: The Yellow

The big cat was a friendly one and rubbed against ye but it stayed in the front room all the time and was down by the window or else on grannie's bed.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Kieron Smith, boy'

He said that the policemen had splashed soapy water on the floor and walls of the cell, as they usually did, and that the old man, who had not bathed in a week, had yanked his shirt off and rubbed his frail back against the wet floor.

NEWYORKER: Cell One