Desperado is an English word with synonyms like criminal or felon. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Desperado meaning
- A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West.
- A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, an addict, etc.
- A person who is desperately in love or is desperate for a romantic or sexual relationship.
Synonyms of Desperado
Using Desperado
- The main meaning on this page is: A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West. | A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, an addict, etc. | A person who is desperately in love or is desperate for a romantic or sexual relationship.
- Useful related words include: desperate criminal, criminal, felon, crook.
- In the example corpus, desperado often appears in combinations such as: and desperado, desperado gets.
Context around Desperado
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Desperado
- In this selection, "desperado" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sweeping, tagged, slammed, gets, avoided and hit stand out and add context to how "desperado" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include actually saw desperado take out and and nostalgic desperado plunge. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "desperado" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with desperado
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Takahasih hit a superkick and then baited Desperado into a rebound German. (12 words)
Fujita hit a springboard dropkick on Desperado for a nearfall at 6:30. (13 words)
Kicks from SHO wear down Desperado, before an eye rake prevented a fightback. (13 words)
Despy in, running hot, fighting Gates of Agony off with aplomb, babyface team with the Best Friends snap zoom hug but it’s a mistake and Desperado gets planted with a powerbomb and laid out with a kick and only saved by Romero! (43 words)
Frost had been a member of the posse that had tracked down and shot it out with a couple of train robbers a few months earlier; maybe one of the desperado’s relatives was out for payback? (37 words)
Not quite as sexy and thrilling as the Steamin' Demon, or considered a classic like The Comet, The Rotot will never hold a sentimental place in our hearts like the wonderfully simple and nostalgic Desperado Plunge. (36 words)
Frost had been a member of the posse that had tracked down and shot it out with a couple of train robbers a few months earlier; maybe one of the desperado’s relatives was out for payback? (37 words)
Despy in, running hot, fighting Gates of Agony off with aplomb, babyface team with the Best Friends snap zoom hug but it’s a mistake and Desperado gets planted with a powerbomb and laid out with a kick and only saved by Romero! (43 words)
Example sentences (20)
He set up for a Stomp to the head but Desperado avoided it, and Desperado hit a Blue Thunder Driver, then a brainbuster for a nearfall at 11:00.
Despy in, running hot, fighting Gates of Agony off with aplomb, babyface team with the Best Friends snap zoom hug but it’s a mistake and Desperado gets planted with a powerbomb and laid out with a kick and only saved by Romero!
Ezrin’s canny use of occasional strings, most noticeable on the sweeping “Desperado” (not the Eagles’ tune) added a level of class and intricacy rare for rock albums at the time, or since.
Formed in 1971 in Los Angeles, the group wrote songs like “Hotel California” and “Desperado,” both of which have gone on to be part of the American musical lexicon.
Fujita hit a springboard dropkick on Desperado for a nearfall at 6:30.
He cleaned house and tagged Desperado who eventually bested Togo with Pinche Loco in 8:08.
In the ring, Finlay slammed Desperado, and he argued more with new teammate El Phantasmo.
Jiraiya, an outlaw whose real name is unknown, was a heroic bandit whose deeds were similar to the Western heroic desperado Robin Hood.
Kicks from SHO wear down Desperado, before an eye rake prevented a fightback.
Not quite as sexy and thrilling as the Steamin' Demon, or considered a classic like The Comet, The Rotot will never hold a sentimental place in our hearts like the wonderfully simple and nostalgic Desperado Plunge.
Second time’s the charm though as El Desperado gets a tag in and instantly cleared the opposite apron.
Desperado finally hit a brainbuster at 5:30 but sold the pain in his arm.
Hakobyan attempted to use a desperado tactic to indirectly safeguard his own rook, but he overlooked a fatal intermezzo.
Takahasih hit a superkick and then baited Desperado into a rebound German.
Desperado quickly put on a stretch muffler, but Shingo just as quickly reached the ropes to break.
Desperado wrapped Shingo’s leg around the second rope in a corner, then stood on it until Red Shoes broke it up.
I suppose at some point, you know, because I did movies that were very successful, like "Zorro" or "The 13th Warrior" or "Desperado," you know, Hollywood has a way to label you.
So because of this lily-livered sidewalk ridin’ side-winder whose obviously a worthless good for nothing cowboy wannbe, the town taxpayers are paying for this desperado’s messy deeds.
The end actually saw Desperado take out the referee using one of the boys, and Kanemaru sprayed his whiskey in their face.
Frost had been a member of the posse that had tracked down and shot it out with a couple of train robbers a few months earlier; maybe one of the desperado’s relatives was out for payback?
Common combinations with desperado
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: