| 1. | Sikes, looking up in a surly manner. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |
| 2. | for the Jew remained very surly and silent till nigh. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |
| 3. | The husbands took on the politely surly look required of them. - from The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Various |
| 4. | His was the surly English pluck, and there is no tougher or truer. - from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
| 5. | Or if that surly spirit, melancholy. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 6. | Who glaz'd upon me and went surly b. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 7. | Under the surly Gloucester's governanc. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 8. | See how the surly Warwick mans the wall. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 9. | Than you shall hear the surly sullen bel. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |