homesick

Example Sentences

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He’s now sent hundreds of homesick New Englanders classic dishes, like pork fried rice and boneless ribs from area favorites like Golden Temple in Brookline and Fantasy Island in Salem.

From Salon • May 3, 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

The plan was to demoralize war-weary, homesick troops scattered around the Pacific theater.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

Separated from her friends, she struggled with her mental health - at one point, she was so homesick that she built a scale model of her family's old flat in Ukraine.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

She said that just because she had signed didn’t mean she wasn’t homesick.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys