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

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

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

A meek store clerk becomes a desperado on the run with the girl he saved and his grandfather in tow.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2018

“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