“I want to speak with the supervisor and make a carp about the poor customer service I received.”

“There has never been an age that has not had its carper to tell you of the wonders that once were.”

“The IG office opened the investigation last September based on a referral from the FBI, but its progress is unclear, carper said.”

“A carper might have said that Eddy was the least bit vague on the subject of the dear old days.”

“I can't believe the constant carping at work, it's draining the team's motivation.”

“Equality and an end to the pathetic carpings of people who have nothing better to do than attack that which they don't understand.”

“Inevitably the snipers and the carpers have done their worst to make life uncomfortable for him.”

“The flock of chiders, complainers, carpers, cavilers, and castigators makes it harder and harder to get an optimistic note in edgewise.”

“Do we really want the carpers and complainers, of whatever creed, to get programmes banned?”