homesickness

Example Sentences

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Travelers hunt for regional souvenirs, soothe their homesickness and investigate a burning question: Is the hot dog different?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Skies said she had been out in Los Angeles "for a good few years now and I miss home a lot but making a very British album definitely cured some of my homesickness".

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

“They were nice and helped me through the struggle. This helped me build my confidence and get rid of the loneliness and homesickness I had when I first came to Korea. It helped me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2024

When I arrived at my alma mater as a sheltered suburban kid raised as an only child, I struggled with homesickness those first couple of years.

From Slate • May 11, 2024

Waves of homesickness washed over Christine in the fall of 1956, her first semester away from home.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly