In a sentence
Six example sentences with carping, each labelled with its topic.
The band grew tired of the carping about their new album, most of it aimed at the cover art.
Music
Endless carping about a missing comma filled the review, while the novel's actual argument went entirely unmentioned.
Literature
Constant carping about the office coffee wore down a manager who had just delivered the best quarter in years.
Business
The endless carping from the radio hosts about his shoes ignored that he had led the league in assists.
Basketball
Most of the carping about the sequel concerned the hero's new haircut rather than anything in the script.
Movies
The carping about the bridge's paint color went on for months after the engineers had solved the real problems.
Architecture
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