desperado

Example Sentences

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Wolff represents those who stuck it out with Trump as groveling desperados, their wits dulled by the Trump treatment — oily flattery and savage cruelty.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Haverkorn spent his retirement documenting and indexing every homicide in the Pikes Peak region, from horseback battles with Wild West desperadoes to modern-day carjackings.

From New York Times

Even Knott’s Berry Farm features a wooden plank affixed to a tree that brags, “desperados stay clear of this here town!” — as if extrajudicial murder was as innocuous as a square dance in a barn.

From Los Angeles Times

All wore masks or bandannas and gloves all week, making the paddock look like a cross between a medical center and a waiting room for desperadoes.

From New York Times

The movies I’d glued myself to as a kid had conjured up glorious moral quandaries, desperadoes going back in time and killing Hitler.

From Nature