surliness
Example Sentences
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Surliness of heart must melt a little under the simple effort to smile.
From Bits about Home Matters by Jackson, Helen Hunt
Surliness had given place to depression in the boy's voice.
From The Swindler and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
Surliness in excess they might have, but dignity, not at all.
From The Rustler of Wind River by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)
Surliness and ill temper, glumness, touchiness, are inexcusable; nor may we needlessly burden others with our troubles and disappointments - the motto, "Burn your own smoke," voices an important duty.
From Problems of Conduct by Drake, Durant
Surliness is per se worse than adulation but not a mortal sin; for it is farther removed from affability than adulation, but does not necessarily inflict a severe wound on charity.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
