homesick for

Frequency: 8.518.1 per million words

used to specify what or who is being missed

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Examples (10)

  • She felt homesick for her country.
  • After three months abroad, he became terribly homesick for his family.
  • Living in the city made her homesick for the countryside.
  • The students were homesick for their parents during the first week.
  • I'm getting a little homesick for home-cooked meals.
  • He felt desperately homesick for his childhood home.
  • Are you homesick for your friends back home?
  • She became increasingly homesick for the familiar streets of her hometown.
  • Many immigrants feel homesick for their native land.
  • The soldier was terribly homesick for his wife and children.