carping
Example Sentences
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Carping about the new show only gives it more publicity.
From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2018
Carping comes easily when a play leaves you cold.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2016
Carping against the government can now be heard in posh high-rise apartments by Rio's Ipanema Beach, where owners have grown accustomed to affluence now and more tomorrow.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Carping critics might prate, here and there, of ugly means that savored of bribery, but that was academic.
From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Lundsford, Hugh
Carping criticism is easy; any person can indulge in it; but only a statesman can show what is to be done to meet a pressing difficulty.
From Authors of Greece by Lumb, T. W.
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