heartsick

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To the book’s heartsick narrator, Louise Brown, the man who embodies those old-fashioned virtues is Claude Collier, the 27-year-old layabout scion of an aristocratic New Orleans clan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Montoya can at least claim to know the score, since he was a Spanish reality TV veteran before romantic distress transformed him into a heartsick Sonic the Hedgehog.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025

As if in a cipher made up of different versions of himself, there’s an endless give-and-take between Idris the teacher and Idris the performer and Idris the writer and Idris the nerdy heartsick hip-hop stan.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

That year, she also released her own song, Reason to Stay, a warm and soulful introduction to her heartsick love ballads.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2024

Indeed, tears had welled up in his eyes, and the sincerity in his expression made Reynie—who was used to ignoring his loneliness—grow almost heartsick.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart