carped
Example Sentences
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Senior executives carped about Chapek to Disney board members.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026
“You’re no fun anymore,” carped a college buddy I’d once partied with.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2023
In The New Yorker, the influential and acerbic critic Pauline Kael carped that George Lucas was “in the toy business.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
"I was told I'd have the exclusive," carped Dua Lipa.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2022
By Mydas, who obtained of Bacchus, that all things which he touched might be gold, is carped the foul sin of avarice.
From The Golden Asse by William Adlington
