desperado

Example Sentences

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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

But it seems clear that there was no reason to approach him so aggressively, as though he were some armed desperado fleeing a murder scene.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2023

He’s an oddly upper-class desperado, like Townes Van Zandt.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2022

“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