homesickness
Example Sentences
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Ada is facing a make-or-break debut and struggling with a homesickness that seems to outweigh her desire to model.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
The work reflects Kahlo’s ambivalence toward the U.S. where she often felt out of place and her homesickness for Mexico.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
While pursuing a graduate degree in London, rising filmmaker Nia DaCosta was unpacking complicated feelings of homesickness when she began to conceptualize the script for her directorial debut, “Little Woods.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025
But she had never lived abroad before, and she struggled with a deep homesickness which she documented in emotional video diaries on YouTube.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
What she felt was more like homesickness, though there was no source for it, no home.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
