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
Addressing fans through her On the Jlo newsletter, the singer wrote: "I am completely heartsick and devastated about letting you down."
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2024
On her website, the 2-time Grammy nominee told fans that she was “completely heartsick and devastated” amid the cancellation.
From Salon ● May 31, 2024
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
She was tired and heartsick and had no energy to deal with this new event.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
