Examples of using "принялись" in a sentence and their english translations:
They started kissing.
- They started to work.
- They started working.
- They set to work at once.
- They started working right away.
The carriage rolled on, and the peasants resumed their dancing.
We were just starting to do that when it started raining.
Without hesitation, we set to asking riddles and telling tales.
We started our spring plowing early this year.
We got up early and set about cleaning our house.
They started kissing.
Tom and Mary then found themselves side by side at the start of this sentence and undertook to explore it.