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
• 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
• However, the show reduced Hope to a lovesick girl pining desperately (and selfishly) for a boy not nearly as impressive as herself.
  — Amanda Ostuni, EW.com, 28 June 2022

Last Updated: 9 Aug 2024