carp on
Example Sentences
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"Adaora has not been our best in practice at doing that and we carp on her every day," Schaefer said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2011
No matter how much you carp on about artistic potential or the evolution of cinema, everyone knows that you're only churning out so many gimmicky 3D films to make a quick buck.
From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2010
One of them, Duets, a 2000 karaoke-road-trip killing-spree film that the New York Times said "flops around like a carp on the kitchen floor," was actually not bad enough for his taste.
From Time Magazine Archive
But he is content to carp on the sidelines.
From Time Magazine Archive
"What say you to a carp on the spit, with shallots, and a ham boiled with pistachios?"
From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart
