heartsick

Example Sentences

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Years later, on a different kind of bad day — heartsick, this time — I tried to recreate it.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

“Country Radio” provides a sense of heartsick nostalgia over a hopeful chorus of stringed instruments.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025

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

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

Mrs. Coulter, sore and heartsick, opened her eyes; she had not been asleep.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman