carp
verb (used without object)
to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil.
have carped
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present perfectof carp.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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
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 Ada Cambridge
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 John Dunlop
Perhaps utilitarians would have carped at the feminine delicacy of the hands, and certainly the fingers were slender and marvelously white.
From Beulah by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
