: longing for home and family while absent from them
homesicknessnoun
Example Sentences
He was homesick when he went to college. She was homesick for her mother's cooking.
Recent Examples on the WebThis uplifting and engaging story is about Millie, a homesick young girl who inspires an entire community to band together to create a vegetable garden on the rooftop of their school. Betsy Groban, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2022 As Jenny grows more and more homesick, Sumit’s family members refuse to acknowledge their nuptials. Wilson Chapman, Variety, 13 July 2022 One of her older brothers, Kevin, remembers Mitchell being homesick during the 2020 season. Gabby Hajduk, The Indianapolis Star, 7 July 2022 Fellow homesick Venezuelans, some even driving up from San Jose, would line up outside of their house to pick up fried empanadas, fluffy bread stuffed with ham and arepas. Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 July 2022 Jenny becomes homesick and isolated as Sumit's relatives double down on their refusal to acknowledge their wedding. Amanda Taylor, PEOPLE.com, 13 July 2022 There was a time when a homesick Chicagoan could find the wiener of her youth at Shake Shack or any Sonic Drive-In. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 3 July 2022 Sent to Birmingham, England, in 1945, the women were tasked with clearing a two- to three-year logjam of mail destined for homesick American troops on the front line awaiting word from back home. La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2022 An 8-year-old female, presented after aggressive outburst against mom, was teary and homesick in the evening. Judith Warner, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2022 See More
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, feel想家;感覺想家▸➤become, get開始想家▸➤make sb使某人想家◇Seeing other families together made him terribly homesick.看到別的家庭共享天倫,他加倍思念故鄉。ADVERB➤desperately, terribly, very思鄉心切;很想家▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略微有些想家PREPOSITION➤for思念◇She felt homesick for her country.她思念自己的祖國。