homesick
Example Sentences
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"I wanted a break," he remembers, partly because he was "homesick" for the city.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
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
She spent just one homesick year at Wellesley College, where the walls of her rooms at Wellesley were covered with pictures of cows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 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
All at once I was utterly downcast and homesick.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
