HOMESICK in a Sentence

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16 example sentences for HOMESICK, such as:

1. Harriet was overwhelmed by a feeling of homesickness.
2. He was so homesick that he could hardly endure the misery of it.
3. 'It makes me homesick, Jimmy, this flower, this smell,' she said softly.
4. Now that the deed was done, she realized this with a wave of homesickness hard to dispel.
5. She had seemed so contented at Tara it came to Scarlett as a shock that she was homesick.

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 Meanings and Examples of HOMESICK
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
homesick
 a.  unhappy at being away and longing for familiar things or persons
Classic Sentence:
1  She had seemed so contented at Tara it came to Scarlett as a shock that she was homesick.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
2  When she encountered an item about small-town women's clubs or a photograph of a straggling Main Street, she was homesick for it, she felt robbed of her work.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  'I get awful homesick for them, all the same,' she murmured, as if she were answering some remembered reproach.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: V
4  For the first time it occurred to me that I should be homesick for that river after I left it.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XIV
5  'It makes me homesick, Jimmy, this flower, this smell,' she said softly.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XIV
6  That would be time enough, please God, but Laurie must write to her often, and not let her feel lonely, homesick or anxious.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
7  The letter went very soon, however, and was promptly answered, for Amy was homesick, and confessed it in the most delightfully confiding manner.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
8  She was sitting here that day, leaning her head on her hand, with a homesick heart and heavy eyes, thinking of Beth and wondering why Laurie did not come.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
9  He was so homesick that he could hardly endure the misery of it.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
10  After the meal they felt rusty, and stiff-jointed, and a little homesick once more.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
11  It made me feel very sad and homesick to see the other students preparing to leave and starting for home.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV.
12  Now that the deed was done, she realized this with a wave of homesickness hard to dispel.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
13  I knew it was homesickness that had killed Mr. Shimerda, and I wondered whether his released spirit would not eventually find its way back to his own country.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIV
14  In this one little was said of the hardships endured, the dangers faced, or the homesickness conquered.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER ONE
15  It is only a few miles away, and we imagined that, in some sudden attack of homesickness, he had gone back to his father, but nothing had been heard of him.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
Example Sentence:
1  Harriet was overwhelmed by a feeling of homesickness.