A number of these desperadoes broke out of one of the Capuan gladiatorial schools (681), and sought refuge on Mount Vesuvius.
The presence of this band of desperadoes entailed the utmost caution and watchfulness in the neighbourhood of the lake.
There are renegades and desperadoes in these mountains, who make friends with the Indians, and I judge he's one of that kind.
Nor can any leader of desperadoes keep on bringing up his men against shooting like yours, Giant.
A lady who published a sketch of her travels in 1845 through Illinois and Iowa wrote:-- "We now entered a part of the country laid waste by the desperadoes among the Mormons.
Bands of desperadoes in the northern counties openly defied the officers of the law, and, in one instance, burned down the courthouse (in Ogle County in 1841) in order to release some of their fellows who were awaiting trial.
Because there's a pretty strong party of Mexican desperadoes here who are going on east, and they mean trouble for somebody.
And let the Cheyennes, and Kiowas, and Arapahoes, and other desperadoes of the plains gnaw clear into the heart of us?
Through the falling snowflakes they could see the large lean-to in which the half-breeds were sleeping, for the band of desperadoes had thrown themselves down immediately on returning.
He aer hidin' jest in amongst the trees, and another challenge from his rival will bring him out.
The posse, unprepared for such an unexpected onslaught, scattered wildly, and as they ran the desperadoes emerged upon the platform and fired repeatedly upon them.
It was evident that some band of international desperadoes had designs on the precious radium.
It was a notorious haunt of betting men and some of the worst characters of the town, frequented by desperadoes who were ready to undertake any deed of violence if it offered the promise of plunder.
A little gang of desperadoes was always placed to open on me as soon as I began to speak, to endeavour to drown my voice in the most vulgar, brutal, and beastly manner.
However, their efforts were futile, as it was subsequently learned that the desperadoes had passed, and were headed in a northwesterly direction.
Springing over the counter thesedesperadoes shouted out "THROW UP YOUR HANDS," "we intend to rob the bank.
After having watered the horses the desperadoesseemed in no haste, but practiced with their pistols on the pump shattering it to pieces.
Mr. Bates next heard a report over his head and saw one of the desperadoes fall from his horse.
Even your desperadoes couldn't fight better than the young fellows I had with me on the skirmish-line at Manassas, though they had never had anything resembling discipline to sustain them.
And these Wall street desperadoes are as eager to get our greenbacks as you are.
Do you suppose we'll meet anybody but desperadoes and Indians in a place like this?
They're real dyed-in-the-wool desperadoes and there's a reward of five thousand dollars for capturing them.
And even were the villain to come back alone,' thought Frank, 'were I to spring upon him, he might give some signal which would bring to his aid his band of desperadoes from the Vaults below.
With reference to the desperadoes who congregate there, their living is made by robbery and outrage throughout the city; and all, sooner or later, are liable to be arrested and imprisoned for their offences.
In his mind there was no room for desperadoes contemporaneously with Her.
The worst desperadoes in the Southwest; and Bailey was their ally.
And at that time there were alwaysdesperadoes who would pursue any calling that kept them beyond the reach of the law.
The legislative blundering which tied the President's hands and made the Government impotent to protect American citizens from desperadoes of the type of the "cowboys" and Jesse James, is characteristic of Congress during this period.
Indeed, he was less fortunate than some others, but his deeds brought him his deserts at last, even as they left him an enduring reputation as one of the most desperate desperadoesever known in the West.
He desired to be king, to be "chief," just as the leaders of the desperadoes in the mining regions of California and Montana sought to be "chief.
In the early settlement of the West, the borders were infested with desperadoes flying from justice, suspected or convicted felons escaped from the grasp of the law, who sought safety.
How these things in time took place may best be seen by reference to the bloody biographies of some of the most recklessdesperadoes ever seen in any land.
One of the best-known desperadoes the West ever produced was Joseph A.
There were a dozen whitedesperadoes in their party.
Bill caught it from him, and, cut up as he was, fired and killed one of the wounded desperadoes as he tried to mount his horse.
We order General Sung Ching to command General Ma Yu Kun to come with all speed to the capital, and make strenuous efforts to arrest all desperadoes in the region about Peking.
The Boxer desperadoes have recently been causing trouble in the neighborhood of the capital, and finally Peking has become involved.
Illustration: Typical Peking beggars] “The military governor of the city is hereby commanded to arrest all desperadoes creating disturbances and execute them on the spot.
Two thousand pounds are not accounted for; you were here when the money was received; it disappeared during the time you held Mr. McTavish's place; you bring your desperadoes here to secure it.
The sound of small arms continued in various parts of the village, while the debauched desperadoes sought their victims in their hiding-places.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "desperadoes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
