homesickness

Example Sentences

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That alleviated some homesickness, but it didn’t get Iamaleava’s career up off the ground.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The work reflects Kahlo’s ambivalence toward the U.S. where she often felt out of place and her homesickness for Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Skies said she had been out in Los Angeles "for a good few years now and I miss home a lot but making a very British album definitely cured some of my homesickness".

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

When I arrived at my alma mater as a sheltered suburban kid raised as an only child, I struggled with homesickness those first couple of years.

From Slate • May 11, 2024

Over him breaks a wave of homesickness so acute that he has to clamp his eyes.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr