Surly

//ˈsɜːli//

"Surly" in a Sentence (9 examples)

The food was horrible, and the waiter, surly.

No longer mourn for me when I am dead / Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell / Give warning to the world that I am fled.

Tom is surly, isn't he?

The receptionist at the hotel was surly and not at all friendly.

In that unwelcoming place I found too many surly people.

Mary is surly, isn't she?

Their countenances betrayed ill-humour and dissatisfaction; and if they spoke to each other, it was in gruff, surly tones.

The surly weather put us all in a bad mood.

Against the Capitol I met a lion / Who glazed upon me, and went surly by / Without annoying me […]

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