desperado

Still, with his chest-hugging T-shirt and rugged handsomeness, Mr. Bernthal recalls John Travolta in his early prime rather than the sweaty, disheveled but endearing desperado memorably created by Mr. Pacino.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

Instead of lawn or little potted palms around the pool, there are oversize stands of desperado sage, a fragrant hybrid between white sage and purple sage, growing so untamed they’re nearly spilling into the pool.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024

“He certainly is not a negro desperado, but an intelligent gentleman, whose appearance speaks for him,” she wrote.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2022

East Chicago police in the raiding squad said “two Department of Justice men” executed the desperado, but would not name them.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2019

“Just fine,” she said, and wondered who else in Maycomb still remembered Scout Finch, juvenile desperado, hell- raiser extraordinary.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

Qf6, and no amount of desperadoes can deflect White’s mating attack.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 11, 2022

“It’s telling our history, about citrus wars, about Chicano murals, about the Black Panther Party, about desperadoes — all of those stories.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2017

His experience pursuing desperadoes and fugitives—and once being a fugitive himself—allowed Hester to think like his prey.

From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2016

However, as the mockery of this year’s crop of Apprentice desperadoes gets underway, maybe we should stay aware of how we’re being “distracted”.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 18, 2014

Tom found these people cowards and, therefore, more contemptible than the desperadoes who risked their lives to hold up a train.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

You’ve turned some of the state’s women into desperados.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2022

With his stocky build, unnerving gaze, five o’clock shadow and tightly wound energy, Mr. Persoff specialized in portraying gangland figures, Wild West desperados, bellicose generalissimos and Cold War heavies.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2022

It’s such a strong performance that in moments, despite Mr. Richet’s attention to detail — the shiny chrome, the desperados, the pretty sun-kissed color — the movie all but fades, leaving only Mr. Gibson.

From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2016

Among the warring gang of desperados who make up the titular Hatefuls, Tarantino needed someone to play a convict called Daisy Domergue, wild-haired, foul-mouthed.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 2, 2016

Enter the gang of desperados, male and female.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 21, 1914 by Various