He complained sourly that the new rules only benefitted the managers. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He took the name sourly, no doubt in an itching to blurt out that he was a. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45] Reference
Several mugs stood empty before him and, even as the kender watched, he called sourly for another. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons of Autumn Twilight]
Mrs Simpkins said, and I think she said it what people in books call 'sourly'. From Wordnik.com. [The Wouldbegoods] Reference
"It's not a matter of thinking," Ross said sourly. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Man] Reference
"Well memorized," Black Doctor Tanner said sourly. From Wordnik.com. [Star Surgeon] Reference
"Ain't gonna do you no good," Webb told him sourly. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
"Came this morning," answered Cole, a trifle sourly. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
"Awast yer lubbers!" growled the old fellow, sourly. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys] Reference
Barry went out, grimacing sourly in spite of himself. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
"A silly interruption," replied that gentleman sourly. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
"Three months 'wage," answered the cow-puncher sourly. From Wordnik.com. [Ted Strong's Motor Car] Reference
"There was sputnik, you know," Ross interrupted sourly. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Man] Reference
Roger looked sourly from one to the other, and shrugged. From Wordnik.com. [Starman's Quest] Reference
Andrews looked at the stout skipper sourly for a moment. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"] Reference
Raf grinned a little sourly, but he did not answer that. From Wordnik.com. [Star Born] Reference
He smiled sourly again, but said no more about our fight. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"] Reference
"I don't know whether it is or not," answered Emma sourly. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods] Reference
"Let 'em start something, Mrs. Goring," he replied sourly. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
"Even when the visits aren't voluntary," Greg added sourly. From Wordnik.com. [Gold in the Sky] Reference
"Not at all," she replies sourly, and turns back to her book. From Wordnik.com. [LES MISERABLES, INDEED] Reference
"You suddenly got an awful lot of energy," Blejjo said sourly. From Wordnik.com. [The Destroyers] Reference
"Well, I wasn't," said Jessie, so sourly that Lucile chuckled. From Wordnik.com. [Lucile Triumphant] Reference
Ross Wooley said sourly, "Don't you trust your fellow man, Don?". From Wordnik.com. [The Common Man] Reference
"I ain't taking the word of any boomer," muttered Tucker sourly. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma] Reference
"What's wanted?" the guard said sourly, staring through the bars. From Wordnik.com. [Wizard] Reference
'Well, indeed,' said Sir Kay sourly, for he had ever been jealous of. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
The mother looked at him sourly, but barred the doorway with her form. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
"I was expecting you, but not tonight," said this person, rather sourly. From Wordnik.com. [Rebels of the Red Planet] Reference
What did he have that Malone didn't have? the agent asked himself sourly. From Wordnik.com. [Out Like a Light] Reference
"Come again -- when you ain't got so long to stay," Nancy sped them sourly. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
Eulalie's voice was sourly satirical, and her soft eyebrows made sharp angles. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
That, Forrester told himself sourly, was probably because they weren't listening. From Wordnik.com. [Pagan Passions] Reference
"That's not what Pheola says," he told her sourly, pointing to chairs we could take. From Wordnik.com. [Card Trick] Reference
The stranger chuckled sourly as the three of us stood in a group surveying each other. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
"Here he comes," said old Mars sourly, as Gilian turned round the Arches into the town. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
And suddenly her friendly sense of being a part of this flowing life dissolved sourly into mockery. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
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