heartsick

Example Sentences

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To the book’s heartsick narrator, Louise Brown, the man who embodies those old-fashioned virtues is Claude Collier, the 27-year-old layabout scion of an aristocratic New Orleans clan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Addressing fans through her On the Jlo newsletter, the singer wrote: "I am completely heartsick and devastated about letting you down."

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2024

On her website, the 2-time Grammy nominee told fans that she was “completely heartsick and devastated” amid the cancellation.

From Salon • May 31, 2024

As if in a cipher made up of different versions of himself, there’s an endless give-and-take between Idris the teacher and Idris the performer and Idris the writer and Idris the nerdy heartsick hip-hop stan.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

“Will you stop staring at Dorothy like some kind of heartsick puppy? You’re going to give me diabetes.”

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam