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Examples
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A surly-looking teenage boy with a neck tattoo and eyeliner sits behind the glass.
THE EXILE OF GIGI LANE Adrienne Maria Vrettos 2010
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I must have made a pretty surly-looking face, because right away she got all defensive.
Miscellany 2008
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A surly-looking servant finally answered and said that Ravali could not see him.
Spell of Magic – Part 2 « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2008
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A surly-looking teenage boy with a neck tattoo and eyeliner sits behind the glass.
THE EXILE OF GIGI LANE Adrienne Maria Vrettos 2010
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This group of surly-looking teens came walking over with a huge boom box and sat down in the middle of all this family bliss and stared around at everyone with a "yeah, you got a problem with this?" look as their music contined to blare (this was before 9/11, in case you were wondering).
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As for the service, she could do herself a favor by losing the surly-looking teenager that has been there a few times working the register at the Broadway location.
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I must have made a pretty surly-looking face, because right away she got all defensive.
Miscellany 2008
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There were over thirty, a full cadre, a surly-looking bunch of men wearing the plain costume of laborers but holding real weapons: spears, woodsman's axes, long knives, and a single sword in the hand of the man the rest looked to for a response.
Spirit Gate 2006
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He was attended by a surly-looking man with a crooked nose who was wearing a leather vest and leather trousers almost exactly like those worn by Reeve Joss.
Spirit Gate 2006
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He was followed by an entourage of ten surly-looking lowlifes, all of whom came carrying disruptor rifles.
Harbinger DAVID MACK 2005
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