homesickness

Example Sentences

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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

One woman from Germany complained of profound homesickness.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

The earworms in the soundtrack "cluster neatly around entwined themes: spreading your wings versus the tug of homesickness; finding your path but daring also to lose it", he wrote.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 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

They were what helped me sleep at night without my homesickness choking me.

From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed