carp
verb (used without object)
to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil.
had carped
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past perfectof carp.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Indignant because Sir Auckland had carped at the U. S. Chinese policy, Miss Stanton at great length cabled her retorts to the editor of the London Times.
From Time Magazine Archive
How those men had carped, and criticized her, chattered of the duties of her soul!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 53, March, 1862 by Various
How those men had carped, and criticised her, chattered of the duties of her soul!
From Margret Howth, a Story of To-day by Rebecca Harding Davis
