carp at
Example Sentences
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But they did mind when he – and in the drama she too – alludes to a shortage of carp at Christmas, because that's part of German Christmas dinner.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2020
The corps is considering ways to strengthen defenses against the invasive carp at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam near Joliet, Illinois.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2017
Dissolute men pine for wives who have ditched them, and dissolute women carp at no-good boyfriends.
From New York Times • May 30, 2017
Less sympathetic readers may carp at Merkin’s ability to afford the luxuries of expensive, seemingly unlimited treatment options, cosmetic surgeries and summer rentals in the Hamptons.
From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2017
Besides, “she understands my own temper, and we have a tacit agreement, as it were, not to carp at each other.”
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
