* The fisherman patiently waited for a carp to bite his bait.
* The carp in the pond were so large they looked like small whales.
* My grandfather used to tell stories about how he caught a carp as big as his arm.
* The carp population in the lake has been declining due to pollution.
* She carped about the weather all day, complaining it was too hot.
Note: The last sentence uses "carp" as a verb, meaning to complain in a nagging way.