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The phrase "starts griping" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing someone beginning to complain or express dissatisfaction about something. Example: "As soon as the meeting started, she starts griping about the new policy changes."
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And real ones too: "Every squirrel and rabbit in Dallas County knew my name," he seethes at the beginning of "Guns," a surprisingly stirring and dark Second Amendment anthem, at least until Mr. Moore starts griping about terrorists in Guantánamo Bay and "them boys that's selling crack".
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He started griping about me grassing up his old man.
Even before the ink had dried, Republican leaders started griping about procedure.
TALK to anyone in the pharmaceutical industry—a private-equity investor, a drug executive, a scientist and within three minutes Mr Pharma will start griping about the Food and Drug Administration FDAA).
One wounded fighter started griping about how he had an X-ray for his back and then was rudely hustled out of the hospital.
When I was 12 and started griping about the officials missing illegal-motion calls, my father took me to my first game at Giants Stadium.
Here's where seed-stage startups could start griping.
No wonder, then, that when stores and marketers started griping about Onvance's costs, Slothower granted steep discounts to get them on board and to keep the money coming in from his backers.
Go ahead, it couldn't hurt, although somebody at the table, maybe me, will start griping about the need to let the meat caramelize.
As the day wore on and turned to evening, the LRA bandits grew tired from their jungle trudge and started griping about their limited food supplies.
Perhaps we should think about that next time we start lazily griping about A-list child-snatching.
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