Use "surlier" in a sentence

1. An interview with a surly gatekeeper and a surlier foreman, both of whom were appeased with the coin of the realm, put me on the track of Bloxam

2. Contrary to his expectation, Davout, after hearing him, became still surlier and

3. Contrary to his expectation, Davout, after hearing him, became still surlier and ruder