I could tell from his surly tone that he wasn't accustomed to taking orders from a female.

He answered all the questions put to him in a surly tone.

"I don't really care for kickers too much," Morgan said in a surly tone.

"I don't care," the beast replied in a surly tone.

Both candidates blamed the other for the surly tone.

"Everything I see," was the reply, in a more surly tone.

"It says here, under occupation, that you are a detective," he said in a surly tone.

"I do not want a drink," said the Russian, in a surly tone, pushing the bottle aside.

"Just a couple of miles," he said in a surly tone.

'It quite near,' answered the man, in a surly tone.