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heartsick

[hahrt-sik] / ˈhɑrtˌsɪk /


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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

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

Or maybe he was heartsick, hating her for what her daddy did to her but still not willing to give her up.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns




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