homesick

Example Sentences

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Even with all that milieu and surrounded by many of their countrymen, some Americans still get homesick.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

When I first made the big decision to leave behind my hometown suburb of Washington, D.C., and move to New York City, I never anticipated ever feeling homesick.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2026

He was homesick, but he wanted her to know he was OK.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

Lonely and homesick for a country suffering through war, Viktoria began sharing her worries with ChatGPT.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

The night sky out here in Kansas is somehow plenty bright to read, and as always, a kind of pain blooms in my chest, part homesick and part grief.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland