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.

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 Meanings and Examples of SURLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
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.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
2  Mrs. Shimerda and Antonia always deferred to him, though he was often surly with them and contemptuous toward his father.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIII
3  Ambrosch had got over his good spell long ago, and was always surly.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4. The Pioneer Woman's Story: III
4  From the road came creakings and grumblings as some surly guns were dragged away.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
5  Loker shut up his mouth, and listened to him with gruff and surly attention.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
6  The woman looked at her with a sour surly glance.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
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.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
8  The surly knight remained in attendance.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 8
9  "Now you're being naughty," Mrs. Manresa reproved her little boy, her surly hero.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
10  'So you'll begin to pick oakum to-morrow morning at six o'clock,' added the surly one in the white waistcoat.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
11  He had no other opportunity: for the Jew remained very surly and silent till night: when he prepared to go abroad.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
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.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
13  To her surprise the surly old weather-beaten face actually changed its expression.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
14  She could not understand how such a surly man could make such a coaxing sound.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
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.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence:
1  Two other men, grizzled and vaguely shabby, walked in surly conversation.