opening reference to the war in Yugoslavia.
Pulled in a zillion different directions by her career, her marriage to the surly Dad (Josh Stamberg), and the various distractions her shrieking, attention-challenged only son offers, Mama makes every effort to fulfill her roles, while philosophizing to the audience.
I'm ready to go, I said to myself, ready to slip the surly bonds of earth, so put me in that bird, strap me in, and shoot her up.
TO SHED the surly bonds of Earth and dwell in microgravity is also to sign up for a puffy appearance; the body's fluids redistribute themselves quite differently in the weightless environment of space.
To break the surly bonds of TiVo and touch the face of Jobs.
The Black N Blue Belles were season champions in 2010, with the Surly Griffins as runners up.
In the course of multiple trips to the site, the surly taxi-driver gradually opened up, especially after I complimented him on the skill with which he avoided hitting pedestrians at the last possible second.
In a single week, Chappie grows from infant to toddler to surly teen-ager.
Danya Katok put her nimble, focused soprano to superb use in her portrayal of Max, the surly child who, when sent to bed without dinner, imagines his adventures among the Wild Things.
Customers in some markets came in to find surly, untrained help and short supplies of staples like plain bagels.
