carp
verb (used without object)
to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil.
was carping
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past progressiveof carp.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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If The Quarterly was carping and ill-natured, Blackwood was basely insulting.
From Life of John Keats by William Michael Rossetti
