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Example sentences for: carping

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In the New York Times last week, columnist Thomas Friedman whacked the China bashers for their belligerent carping over the Cox report: "Where exactly do you guys think you are going with this?
Claiborne persevered, however, learned French, changed the laws, and brought his carping constituents into the American fold as citizens of the new State of Louisiana, even though it was very much unlike any other US state.
As long as I'm carping, even the movie's first third has problems.
The post- Pulp Fiction infatuation with John Travolta ends, with critics carping that he plays every character as a charming lout.
She put up with petty bad stuff too, like the constant carping of her male colleagues about her lack of a gentle touch, or the punishments doled out by the writers for her--a single mother--occasional forays into romance.