Explore Carping through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like nitpicking or pettifogging. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Carping meaning
present participle and gerund of carp
Synonyms of Carping
Using Carping
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of carp
- Useful related words include: caviling, nitpicking, pettifogging, quibbling.
- In the example corpus, carping often appears in combinations such as: the carping, carping over.
Context around Carping
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Carping
- In this selection, "carping" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, faced, stop, constant and feels stand out and add context to how "carping" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all the carping and hostility and and constant carping over the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "carping" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with carping
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He should ignore the carping. (5 words)
But a lot of the carping was needlessly personal. (9 words)
But much of the carping feels driven by either utopianism or boredom. (12 words)
His intense training methods angered senior players and he alienated the board with a disparaging treatment of Spanish striker Diego Costa and constant carping over the club’s failure to replace top players with those of similar ability. (38 words)
You wouldn’t know it, given all the carping and hostility from the left, but the Trump administration has put forward a very positive solution that answers the policy problems associated with employer-provided health coverage. (36 words)
Hence, the nutting nawabs of negativism (with due apologies to William Safire) should stop carping about Modi’s victories not being a reflection of liberal (in the true sense of the word) democratic forces. (34 words)
Example sentences (9)
But much of the carping feels driven by either utopianism or boredom.
Small boats may be thwarted — and Labour doesn’t have a convincing alternative policy, despite its carping.
Pelosi has faced carping from some Democrats for playing hardball at the risk of going home empty-handed, but that criticism has been largely muted since McConnell keeps stiff-arming the negotiations.
You wouldn’t know it, given all the carping and hostility from the left, but the Trump administration has put forward a very positive solution that answers the policy problems associated with employer-provided health coverage.
Hence, the nutting nawabs of negativism (with due apologies to William Safire) should stop carping about Modi’s victories not being a reflection of liberal (in the true sense of the word) democratic forces.
He should ignore the carping.
But a lot of the carping was needlessly personal.
Dynasty, then, is the great leveller — as it is in Tamil Nadu or states on the other side of the Vindhyas, never mind the carping over the differences between southern and northern states.
His intense training methods angered senior players and he alienated the board with a disparaging treatment of Spanish striker Diego Costa and constant carping over the club’s failure to replace top players with those of similar ability.
Common combinations with carping
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: