Example Sentences

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The critics will carp, the audiences will somewhat carp too but will be entertained enough for a single viewing, and everyone will show up once.

From Forbes • Jun. 26, 2014

This means that for weeks Louella will carp at that studio in her columns.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some people will carp at the giddy excess and point out that the U.S. is cheering while the gulf still burns.

From Time Magazine Archive

Men will dishonour their parents as they grow quickly old, and will carp at them, chiding them with bitter words, hard-hearted they, not knowing the fear of the gods.

From Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Evelyn-White, Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard)