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

He’s now sent hundreds of homesick New Englanders classic dishes, like pork fried rice and boneless ribs from area favorites like Golden Temple in Brookline and Fantasy Island in Salem.

From Salon • May 3, 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

Now in America, he was safe, a success even; his Centro de Medicina in the Bronx was thronged with the sick and the homesick yearning to go home again.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez