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The phrase "upon complaining about" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when introducing a situation or action that occurs as a result of someone expressing dissatisfaction or grievances. Example: "Upon complaining about the service, she received a prompt apology from the manager."
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Upon complaining about these conditions, many black employees say they were denounced, spied on by management or summarily fired.
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I will not forget the day I realized I needed help, as I watched my three-year-old son in the corner of our kitchen, his hands over his ears to silence the verbal assault I was raining down upon my wonderful wife, complaining about... her choice of a pizza topping.
Pointless though it is to improve upon, we might suggest a Twickenham resident complaining about the behaviour of drunken rugby fans is a bit like moving next door to the world's busiest airport and then complaining about the noise.
Knowing that hard-line conservatives were complaining about him to Rome, he embarked upon a dangerous tactic.
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Debbie Polwarth, from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, said she was dealing with calls "on a daily basis" from support staff complaining about the misuse.
Tristan Brodsky spends much of the novel complaining about the mantle of Jewish Writer that was thrust upon him, but he offers no alternate coherent vision of himself.
He is complaining about Paris.
Why bother complaining about it?
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