Surliness used in a sentence

Surliness in a sentence as a noun

Ignore repeated commands and project the same surliness back at them and you're just asking for trouble.

I'll always take honest surliness over false suckuppery.

I hope it doesn't. I never liked Slashdot's "personality" with the constant bickering, fanboys, and general surliness of most of the comments.

The stealing, surliness, and inefficiency aren’t some executive’s fault.

... creating an unpleasant situation among one's fellow workers, engaging in bickering, or displaying surliness or stupidity.OMG... our company is under siege!

' In this instance, that would probably consist of recognizing that both passengers and airline employees feel powerless, and strive to master the situation with various tactics, not least of which are surliness, rudeness, and/or niceness.