heartsick
Example Sentences
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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
He watched them tend to Seabiscuit, then walked back to the jockeys’ room and sat down, heartsick.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
