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Meanings of sourly in English

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Usage of sourly in English
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Aunt Phoebe looked at her sourly and said, Fern is all right.
The Rains Came
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But Anton noted, a bit sourly, that he gave no answer himself.
Changer of Worlds
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The King of the Street looked sourly at the figures before him.
Blindfolded
4
Just the type of dwelling, Mallow thought sourly, for Asper, the Well-Beloved.
Foundation
5
When they were gone, Lazy Leo considered Pate sourly across the table.
A feast for crows
6
The lips of the lawyer twisted themselves sourly into an ironical smile.
Miss or Mrs.?
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Only because there's no money in it for you, thought Romulus sourly.
The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
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He stood smiling sourly before us as he repeated the official formula:
Brigands of the Moon
9
All that was needed was the fatted calf, he told himself sourly.
The red door
10
Then she laughed sourly, and said, There is some sense in that.
The Irrational Knot / Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
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Mutch watched them leave as sourly as he had watched them arrive.
To the blight: the eye of the world
12
He woke the whole house up by falling downstairs, she added sourly.
The Haunted Bookshop
13
You better try feeding hay for a while, sourly grumbled the superintendent.
Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories
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Hoddan turned upon him and he said sourly: All right, you can.
The Pirates of Ersatz
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Only a clinging remnant of common-sense kept him from addressing her sourly.
A Life's Morning
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Two unarmed troopers were also there, and this gentleman, who said sourly:
Saint Bartholomew's Eve: A Tale of the Huguenot Wars
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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