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
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
“I am completely heartsick and devastated about letting you down,” the Grammy Award winner said Friday in a message to fans through her OntheJLo newsletter.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
He watched them tend to Seabiscuit, then walked back to the jockeys’ room and sat down, heartsick.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
