A rather surly guard glanced at his driver's license and stamped the back of his hand as he entered.

For every prison there stands some form of barrier--a rusty chain, a mouldering wall, a surly guard, or perhaps only an obsequious but adamant attendant at the door.

Vart, the surly guard, appeared in the doorway.

The whole central area around the plaza was thick with the surly guards.

Not this time, thanks to a surly guard who identified me as quarry as he watched me fumbling with my laptop and other carry-on.

The guards, already surly over pulling gate duty on such a miserable day, looked less than pleased to see a hradani, but Bahzell had little worry to spare them.

A surly, taciturn guard opened the heavy wooden trapdoor for them.

Do not take pat-downs or surly guards personally.

The surly guards fell silent.

Daryth stumbled, and the surly guard cuffed his head.