- present participle of carp.
carping
Example Sentences
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We need people who love our country so much that they are willing to accept the challenge—and the inevitable carping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Believe me, I’m completely aware that I sound like a Scrooge, a buzzkill harping and carping about innocuous movies that are meant to be little more than background noise while people scroll on their phones.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2024
Respectfully, the fans carping about coach DeShaun Foster after three games of a predictably difficult season are missing an essential point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2024
After enough of his students’ carping, however, Hayes decided to put the snakes to the test.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 3, 2024
Before those who now, for the sake of the Savage, paid their court to him, Bernard would parade a carping unorthodoxy.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Vocabulary lists containing carping
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