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

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

You’d think Kuehl, 81, was some kind of desperado.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 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

Tonight the Gunslinger awkwardly transitioned from roughing it with the desperadoes to next-day in a war-wagon taking him and Lawrence to the prison.

From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2016

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

From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2016

They are ragtag desperadoes with nothing to lose.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The Special Operations Division of the DEA often goes overseas to capture desperados with elaborate undercover stings.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2022

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

For a fleeting instant the thought, that she must fall a victim to such desperados, paralysed her with fear; but only for an instant.

From Bengal Dacoits and Tigers by Sunity Devee