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
  • This shy, dopey, lovesick kid should not be responsible for a firearm.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • Jonathan did not recognize the lovesick artillery captain at all.
    — Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Bea and Watson are instead left to lick their lovesick wounds in the finale’s last minutes.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 28 Mar. 2021
  • Emily Heumann, paying the male page, is a credible lovesick fool.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Nov. 2019
  • He’s shown as a lovesick teenager, waiting for his crush, Mery, who is now his wife, to respond to a text.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • Bravo played Paul, the lovesick boyfriend of Roberts’ character.
    — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Hunters try to reverse nature by imitating hen calls to get lovesick gobblers to come to them.
    — Steve Waters, miamiherald, 2 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • With a tone that's equally anxious and lovesick, the British singer confronts domestic bliss and finds her stride.
    — Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 11 Feb. 2026
  • He is said to have created the rice dish plov to heal a young prince who was lovesick after being banned from marrying a craftsman’s daughter.
    — Dada Jovanovic, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • This season sees our favorite lovesick serial killer come full circle in his return to his New York roots.
    — Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Will Brill’s performance as the often-drunk, lovesick bass player Reg is perfection.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 13 June 2024
  • Another version tells of a lovesick nobleman who created panettone to win the heart of a baker’s daughter.
    — Jenn Rice, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • But between the copy-paste pessimism and lovesick mumbling, there’s a handful of artists on the edge of the underground rewiring guitars in inventive ways.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Like many locals, my emotions are heightened at the moment, but I was also struck at how much more clearly defined the bride’s face is now, appearing grief-stricken and lovesick.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Travis Kelce has been coming out of his lovesick malaise recently and rookie Rashee Rice has emerged as a reliable wide receiver who won’t drop the ball.
    — Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • Oh brings sultry dynamism to the deceptively complex Olivia, while Dinklage runs away with the show as the limber and lovesick Malvolio.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Navarrette does her job like a pro, delivering a chilling performance as a possessed lovesick young woman, with the real Nikki being tortured and trying to break free.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 15 May 2026

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