homesick

Example Sentences

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While he admitted he had periods of feeling homesick over the first few years, he never regretted the move.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 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

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

He was homesick, but he wanted her to know he was OK.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

Lately, I’d found myself praying mostly in times of distress, when classes felt too hard, when the members of my fencing team were giving me a hard time, or when I was homesick.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad