homesick
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- homesickness noun
Etymology
Origin of homesick
Example Sentences
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She spent just one homesick year at Wellesley College, where the walls of her rooms at Wellesley were covered with pictures of cows.
From Los Angeles Times
I guess you can be homesick for a person even more than for a place.
From Literature
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
He was homesick, but he wanted her to know he was OK.
From Los Angeles Times
The plan was to demoralize war-weary, homesick troops scattered around the Pacific theater.
From Los Angeles Times
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