English example sentences with "surly"

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.