Sentence example with the word 'desperado'

desperado

apache, bloodshedder, button man, desperate criminal, fugitive, gunman, homicidal maniac, man-killer, pesticide, rowdy, thief

Definition n. a bold outlaw

Last update: June 18, 2015


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There is nothing like the perils of whaling to breed this free and easy sort of genial, desperado philosophy; and with it I now regarded this whole voyage of the Pequod, and the great White Whale its object.   [Please select]

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The man who was led forward had all the marks of a thorough desperado about him.   [Please select]

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The dare-devil, the bully, the tenderfoot, the gambler, the gentleman-desperado had their counterparts in Virginia.   [Please select]

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"The man does not appear like a desperado or outlaw," he thought.   [Please select]

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"But then I prefer to regard you as a deep-dyed desperado--you must be quite--er--sixteen."   [Please select]

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He's dog, desperado, stalking horse and Keeper of the Queen's secrets.   [Please select]

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He thought of Ismail--"Ursus, of Quo Vadis--dog, desperado, stalking-horse and Keeper of the Queen's secrets."   [Please select]

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He looked like a young workman ambitious to be a desperado.   [Please select]

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The desperado half glanced at the latter as he shot a volley of oaths at him.   [Please select]

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"All fun makes man a fool," but "all sorrow" makes him a desperado.   [Please select]

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"Fine form," he said coldly, "to come unarmed on an errand of mercy to a desperado."   [Please select]

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