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He had no cause at all to be surly here.
The man took Will's money and gave him a surly look.
That's why he was surly the night of the party.
The surly man's hands never made it to his face.
It seemed to be his turn now to become surly.
You tell me, I said, trying hard not to sound surly.
It made him quite surly to have been born too early.
He picked one man who looked less surly than the others.
Now he was quiet and surly, a small difference really.
Then the surly black secretary came back, and the interview was over.
No longer the center of everyone's attention, he felt abandoned and surly.
Surly men in red tried to keep them from entering.
I had to concentrate to act surly for my parents.
From what I remember of him, he was a surly devil.
"His father lay in state for a full week," a surly voice said from the left side of the room.
At least they have the good sense to be surly about the whole mess.
The service can be a bit surly - just consider it part of the cultural experience.
He pulled on the rest of his clothes, feeling surly.
His only answer was a shrug and a surly look.
"First I must get leave from my lord your father," said the woman in a surly voice.
I was only trying to tell some surly kids to mind their manners.
If I asked too many questions, people turned surly or hurried away from us.
They are often dirty, he said, and the workers can be surly.
He had been wrong to be surly and rude to the man.
It would probably seem surly of him to back out and flee.