Example Sentences

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

From Washington Times • Oct. 11, 2022

Loyalty – a fluid commodity among the town’s dirtbags and desperadoes – has remained a constant among fans.

From The Guardian • Mar. 2, 2020

“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

Reports from agents and informants like Morrison suggested that several of these desperadoes had knowledge about the murders.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann