And when a woman woos, what woman's son, Will sourly leave her till he have prevailed?
James reflected sourly that they had a nice house (rather small) in an excellent position, no children, and no money troubles.
Simon looked sourly on him and said: "Thou are bidden to go with me, young man, or gainsay the Marshal.
My father would but reply sourly to any question I might venture that my fair Jeanette was the ward of a friend who, on his death-bed, had bequeathed her to his clemency--the fool!
Well, I wasn't," said Jessie, so sourly that Lucile chuckled.
Unwilling, yet they keep the strict command, And sourly wait in arms the hostile band.
And he smiled a little sourly on Ralph; who heeded it little, but took Ursula's hand and went his way with her.
The Norman smiled sourly and went in search of the weapon.
He nodded, smiling sourly to himself, as if this confirmed a suspicion he had entertained.
My generator's gone," he said sourly when Carson answered.
Mayo was sourly resolved to paint his low estate in black colors.
His prisoner was sourly reticent and by the few words he did drop seemed to console himself with the certainty that retribution awaited Mayo.
When they had set him down, the knights that were with the king knew him for Sir Kay the seneschal, and Sir Kay looked sourly about him, and bade those that carried him take him to his pallet and fetch a leech, and not stand gaping like fools.
So that many knights and ladies smiled sourly upon him, but others saw that he would shortly prove a fine man of his hands, full courteous and gentle, and of a noble nature and great presence.
Long Ned dropped his pipe, and said sourly and with a suspicious frown, "What!
I am not so sure of that, Mr. Tomlinson," said Long Ned, sourlyeying his comrade.
After it was all over Wade sourly told himself that he acted as he did simply to avoid witnessing a hideous spectacle.
He gazed sourly into the palm of the hand that the millionaire had squeezed, and reflected that perhaps Barrett's precipitate repentance was off the same piece as his own forgiveness of the bitter matter that lay between them.
He shook his head ruefully, and drew down the corners of his mouth as sourly as though he saw the almshouse at the end of his road.
Partridge nodded his assent to this construction of my orders, but Nelson still looked sourly at me.
He rose from his chair with a sullen sense of injury lowering on his heavy eyebrows, and workingsourly in the lines at the corners of his mouth.
The Captain heard him and grinned sourlyas he passed on.
Dade threw out both hands in disgust with the idea; revolted unexpectedly at the thought of being accused of failing to back his friendship with money as well as with every fiber of his loyal being, and turned sourly to Bill.
For many days she held sourly aloof and had bitter words for Van Dyck, and black looks for me when by any chance I was able to deprive her for a time, long or short, of Conetta's caretaking and coddling.
I'm beginning to think he was more than half right about the bonehead play," said Van Dyck sourly as he carefully hid the last of the brandy bottles.
Yet they had no excuse for lingering longer, so presently they took their departure, Werner and Glutts looking sourly after them as they walked away.
Glutts looked sourly at them but did not say a word, and they refused to notice the pair.
Trunnell was too angry to pay attention to this remark, so he looked sourly on while the carpenter cut off the rivets holding the lock.
Andrews looked at the stout skipper sourly for a moment.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sourly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
