heartsick

Example Sentences

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Years later, on a different kind of bad day — heartsick, this time — I tried to recreate it.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

As if in a cipher made up of different versions of himself, there’s an endless give-and-take between Idris the teacher and Idris the performer and Idris the writer and Idris the nerdy heartsick hip-hop stan.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

That year, she also released her own song, Reason to Stay, a warm and soulful introduction to her heartsick love ballads.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2024

“We are heartsick the world has lost Paul Reubens,” tweeted ’80s rock band the Go-Go’s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2023

Mrs. Coulter, sore and heartsick, opened her eyes; she had not been asleep.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman