have carped
- present perfect of carp.
Example Sentences
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Predictably, some rock fans have carped that Houston doesn’t belong in the Hall.
From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2020
Some critics have carped that it’s retro, safe, rewarded for its comfortable landings within the contours of “quality.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2012
Perhaps utilitarians would have carped at the feminine delicacy of the hands, and certainly the fingers were slender and marvelously white.
From Beulah by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
In his Meropis and Ancylio, this dramatist is supposed to have carped at Plato; and his comedy founded on the life of Pythagoras, was probably in a similar vein of satire.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
Deb enjoyed strawberries for the first time that season, and a glass of wine that even Claud could not have carped at.
From Sisters by Cambridge, Ada
