carper

Example Sentences

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That's how much of a carper from the sidelines I am.

From The Guardian • May 31, 2014

It would be churlish to carp that Pavement has erred in excluding "Texas Never Whispers"—and churlishness is among the band's modes—and the carper would have to concede that it was right to include "Debris Slide."

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2010

More often, however, he carps; and Harvey is really a phi beta carper.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the Daily Express' Cecil Smith, often a carper, came and was conquered.

From Time Magazine Archive

For as a matter of fact it must be admitted that in one instance at least the objections of the carper Hazlitt are better justified than the commendations of the finer and more appreciative critic.

From The Age of Shakespeare by Swinburne, Algernon Charles