How to Use carp in a Sentence

carp

1 of 2 verb

• He's tired of always being carped at by his critics.
• He's always carping about his boss.
• In the clear pools, turtles and carp mingle.
  — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2024
• Biden aides blame the news media for carping on his gaffes since the debate.
  — Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
• While some might carp that the room décor is a little dated, the value was clear to hundreds of guests.
  — Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022
• The state’s Republicans have carped about the cost of these policies.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 3 July 2023
• Politicians can carp over the meaning of testing numbers, but no one goes to a hospital for fun.
  — Scott Burns, Dallas News, 20 June 2020
• Unlike Deng, Xi doesn’t have to put up with a group of elders carping behind the scenes.
  — Evan S. Medeiros, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2024
• Purists will understandably carp about this, but Warners now owns those titles and thus claims them as their own.
  — Jon Burlingame, Variety, 7 Apr. 2023
• Team member Hynek Burda speculates that the trait might help carp flee danger.
  — Mary Hoff, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2013
• Critics carp and pundits whine about the logic of folks continuing to go back to dino island.
  — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 18 July 2022
• Those small men carping about their indisputable successes, by contrast, are losers — and their stories are soon lost in the sands of time.
  — Oliver Bateman, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
• But bitten by the carp bug 13 years ago, Moore decided to roll back his client list, grow his hair long, and chase carp the world over.
  — Kirk Deeter, Field & Stream, 5 Dec. 2020
• Senior executives carped about Chapek to Disney board members.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
• This weekend the negazionisti organized a protest in Rome to call out the coronavirus as a fake, and to carp about steep new fines for anyone caught in public without a mask.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2020
• Should the pattern hold true throughout the long march to the Super Bowl, nobody’s going to be carping about the official headcount.
  — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Sep. 2025
• Despite the noise and yells, the fast-flying breadcrusts and denuded turkey bones, no bad language was used and nothing at which the most conscientious critic could carp.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
• If Crean Lutheran wins this league’s championship there will be carping about why a private school with growing athletic ambitions still is in a league with public schools.
  — Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 2 Aug. 2024
• Instead these dragons are often described as having features in common with both mammals and fish, especially carp, and they are associated with rivers, rain, lightning and storms.
  — Michael B. Habib, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2021
• But the larger hypocrisy is, of course, the fact that were the NBA to cut ties with China tomorrow, these writers would find another way to carp about the league’s social justice pretensions.
  — John Wilmes, The New Republic, 26 Aug. 2020
• There are always those who will carp, for example, that African Americans would not have access to the opportunities granted these characters in 1906.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 25 Oct. 2021
• But with the Biden administration now taking a more active interest in regulating the industry, crypto fans are carping about a conspiracy bent on taking the industry down.
  — Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 12 May 2023
• Trump’s carping notwithstanding, economic growth spiked during Powell’s first year to 3 percent, the highest since the mid-2000s, and wages rose at the fastest rate since before the financial crisis.
  — Roger Lowenstein, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2026
• Over the last month, several stories have circulated to this effect, in which Republicans carp to reporters about how the party must ditch its dead weight and embrace a new, less charismatic but also less deficient model, like DeSantis.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 7 Dec. 2022

carp

2 of 2 noun

• What are Asian carp and why are they feared?
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
• The fish are non-natives such as bass and carp.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
• There are more silver carp here than just about anywhere in the world.
  — Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Journal Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2022
• The slough was wallowing with carp.
  — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
• Grass carp can eat so many plants that they have been used as plant control in other states.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2023
• Asian carp is the umbrella term for four fish species from Asia.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
• These days, Lamer said, the carp are just part of everyday life.
  — Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Journal Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2022
• The raisins are soaking in their bowls, the women are cleaning the carp.
  — Olga Tokarczuk, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
• The more carp taken the more tickets one receives.
  — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
• Grass carp eat aquatic plants, while black carp prefer mussels and snails.
  — John Flesher, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2022
• The more carp taken, the more tickets one receives.
  — Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2025
• The more carp taken, the more tickets one receives.
  — Arkansas Online, 12 Aug. 2025
• The more carp taken, the more tickets one receives.
  — Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2025
• The more carp taken, the more tickets one receives.
  — Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2025
• Trophy bluegills, slab crappies, and giant carp and cats will have to wait.
  — Jim Gronaw, Baltimore Sun, 3 Sep. 2023
• Muñoz said the carp are just one challenge facing the river.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 31 May 2026
• Bass, carp and sunfish can be found in warmer lakes, reservoirs and rivers all over the country.
  — Outside Online, 9 May 2022
• The carp control project is also hamstrung by the lack of access.
  — April Reese, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2016
• Pork-style carp isn't the only incongruous dish on the menu on the lake.
  — Julia Buckley, CNN, 12 May 2022
• Among his few respites were reading and fishing, using cane stalks and wheat-ball bait to catch carp and perch.
  — Clay Risen, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2023
• Bignell caught the record-breaking common carp in early June.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 5 July 2023
• So, backpack electrofishing might not be the key weapon against Asian carp.
  — Gabe Rivin, Discover Magazine, 24 Nov. 2014
• His submissions ranged from an 11-inch rock bass to a 30-inch carp.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2023
• Anglers will find carp, catfish, and bass, among other catches.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2026
• Black carp are just getting a foothold in the Missouri River.
  — Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2021
• The fishermen used a piece of carp for bait, cast it out into the river and waited for fish to bite.
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 20 Apr. 2023
• With the carp in check, Lake Austin seemingly is starting to turn around.
  — Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2021
• Swimming away with the carp steak on the end of my line was one of the most misunderstood fish in the country.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 May 2023
• Usually that fish is a catfish, though turtles and rough fish like carp may also be caught by hand in some states.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 15 Nov. 2023
• For my main, the red carp was delicately sauteed and served with black olive stuffing and smooth carrot puree.
  — Caitlin Gunther, Travel + Leisure, 25 Dec. 2025