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The phrase "he gripes" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to someone expressing complaints or grievances, often in a casual or informal context.
Example: "Whenever he gripes about the weather, I remind him that we live in a rainy city."
Alternatives: "he complains" or "he whines".
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"Am I Roth or Zuckerman?" he gripes.
"We don't get a hashtag," he gripes.
"From then she didn't like me," he gripes.
"They're all bloody silly testosteroned teenagers," he gripes in exasperation.
When elections draw near, he gripes, they stop making laws and start grandstanding.
In private, however, he gripes, albeit cautiously, about his country and his countrymen.
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He griped and bitched about everything.
And every time he was nominated for an award and didn't win, he griped, loudly.
On Wednesday, he griped about Louisville's flight as if the team had traveled from New Zealand.
Nor did he gripe in 1960 when the Indians and Tigers swapped managers: Gordon for Jimmy Dykes.
He griped about people who take too many items into the express checkout line at the supermarket.
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