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
But he is content to carp on the sidelines.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The absence of Coregoni is a characteristic feature of the fish-fauna of the Steppes; the carp, on the contrary, reappears, and the rivers are rich in sturgeons.
From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther
