SURLY in a Sentence
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23 example sentences for SURLY, such as:
1. The surly knight remained in attendance.
2. The woman looked at her with a sour surly glance.
3. The surly Pete set out an upturned bucket for her.
4. Ambrosch had got over his good spell long ago, and was always surly.
5. Two other men, grizzled and vaguely shabby, walked in surly conversation.
2. The woman looked at her with a sour surly glance.
3. The surly Pete set out an upturned bucket for her.
4. Ambrosch had got over his good spell long ago, and was always surly.
5. Two other men, grizzled and vaguely shabby, walked in surly conversation.
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Meanings and Examples of SURLY
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surly
a. rude; sullenly ill humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
Classic Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1 The surly Pete set out an upturned bucket for her.
2 Mrs. Shimerda and Antonia always deferred to him, though he was often surly with them and contemptuous toward his father.
3 Ambrosch had got over his good spell long ago, and was always surly.
4 From the road came creakings and grumblings as some surly guns were dragged away.
5 Loker shut up his mouth, and listened to him with gruff and surly attention.
6 The woman looked at her with a sour surly glance.
7 The escape of Cassy and Emmeline irritated the before surly temper of Legree to the last degree; and his fury, as was to be expected, fell upon the defenceless head of Tom.
8 The surly knight remained in attendance.
9 "Now you're being naughty," Mrs. Manresa reproved her little boy, her surly hero.
10 'So you'll begin to pick oakum to-morrow morning at six o'clock,' added the surly one in the white waistcoat.
11 He had no other opportunity: for the Jew remained very surly and silent till night: when he prepared to go abroad.
12 Oliver was not long in making his toilet; having taken some breakfast, he replied to a surly inquiry from Sikes, by saying that he was quite ready.
13 To her surprise the surly old weather-beaten face actually changed its expression.
14 She could not understand how such a surly man could make such a coaxing sound.
15 "Ben Weatherstaff," he answered, and then he added with a surly chuckle, "I'm lonely mysel except when he's with me," and he jerked his thumb toward the robin.
Example Sentence:
1 Two other men, grizzled and vaguely shabby, walked in surly conversation.