homesick
Example Sentences
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"I wanted a break," he remembers, partly because he was "homesick" for the city.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
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
‘I do not have any home. So why should I be homesick?’
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
