How to Use lovesick in a Sentence

lovesick

adjective
  • When the sea is vast and the ladies are scarce, what’s a lovesick male dolphin to do?
    Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2020
  • But in her script, the women aren’t weepy, lovesick, jealous or greedy.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2023
  • There be a time for breakup ballads and lovesick anthems.
    Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2020
  • The idea that music belongs to the crazed lovesick freaks who live for it, and nothing else matters.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2022
  • Bea and Watson are instead left to lick their lovesick wounds in the finale’s last minutes.
    Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 28 Mar. 2021
  • Harry is drunk, despairing, lovesick and lost down blind alleys much of the time.
    Scott Timberg, latimes.com, 10 July 2019
  • Still, the lovesick hopeless romantic couldn't help but drop a few thoughts about his lady love.
    Ineye Komonibo, Marie Claire, 15 May 2019
  • Emily Heumann, paying the male page, is a credible lovesick fool.
    Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Nov. 2019
  • And poor, lovesick Mateusz (Mateusz Rusin), who’d be a far better match for Jagna, gets sidelined.
    Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Jonathan did not recognize the lovesick artillery captain at all.
    Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Another harmless lovesick fan wanting to see a star, the guard thought; there were a couple every week.
    Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
  • Hunters try to reverse nature by imitating hen calls to get lovesick gobblers to come to them.
    Steve Waters, miamiherald, 2 Mar. 2018
  • The more interesting characters are the lovesick Hong Bing and the villainess Shu Ja, who are at least more vivid and less predictable.
    Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2019
  • Translation: Barbie tends to get lovesick in relationships and isn't one to date around and take chances in romance.
    Lisa Stardust, Women's Health, 21 July 2023
  • Finally, there’s Mrs. Lovett, a little lovesick, a little loony.
    Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Now he’s made a swoon-inducing, lovesick album that looks back at those sources, infusing them with new voices and fresh sounds.
    Condé Nast, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Amid the general silliness of Matt Militano strikes a bright note as a lovesick bellhop who’s a step ahead of many of the other characters.
    Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 11 Dec. 2019
  • But Keller makes his Olivia, a lovesick noblewoman who fights off unwanted suitors while coping with her pompous steward, the heart and soul of the show.
    Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • By the end, as in Ernaux’s book, the affair is finally over, the formerly lovesick woman changed forever by its course.
    Philippa Snow, The New Republic, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Yep, this is based on the beloved Robin Williams movie about a lovesick dad who is separated from his kids disguising himself as an over-the-top Scottish nanny to be able to spend time with them.
    David Lyman, The Enquirer, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Anyway there’s a nice bit of reflection between Maeve and Dolores with their two lovesick sidekicks: Hector and Teddy.
    Joanna Robinson, HWD, 29 Apr. 2018
  • The four young lovers all have their own charms, with Christopher Creane and Wildlin Pierrevil engagingly playing lovesick fools.
    Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Both films make the same unfortunate choice: Like Kristoff, Branch is left to languish in an overdone subplot about being lovesick and unable to express your feelings to your best friend.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Know Constance has come into thirteen like Juliet Capulet, lovesick, desperate, a pawn in the vagaries of jousting boys.
    Kate Walbert, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Victor Souffrant also sounds wonderful, with a ringing tenor as angry Cain that gives way to tenderness as lovesick Japheth, one of Noah’s sons.
    Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 10 June 2019
  • While disguised as a man, Rosalind meets fellow outcasts in the forest, including the dashing and lovesick Orlando.
    Catalina Righter, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Their joy ride eventually ends in a crash, prompting a cold reality check for the lovesick superstar.
    Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • This soulful offering centers d4vd’s rich tone and lovesick lyricism.
    Neena Rouhani, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Steve spent multiple years worshipping Miranda like a loyal, lovesick puppy only to turn around and cheat on her?
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 30 May 2018
  • Ed Sheeran doesn’t sound heartbroken or bitter or lovesick or much of anything beyond cordial while singing Dylan’s most romantic kiss-off song.
    Jessi Roti, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2018

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