I could tell from his surly tone that he wasn't accustomed to taking orders from a female.
He answered all the questions put to him in a surly tone.
"I don't really care for kickers too much," Morgan said in a surly tone.
"I don't care," the beast replied in a surly tone.
Both candidates blamed the other for the surly tone.
"Everything I see," was the reply, in a more surly tone.
"It says here, under occupation, that you are a detective," he said in a surly tone.
"I do not want a drink," said the Russian, in a surly tone, pushing the bottle aside.
"Just a couple of miles," he said in a surly tone.
'It quite near,' answered the man, in a surly tone.