self-conscious

Example Sentences

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“It makes you feel self-conscious and like you have to hide while eating,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

“Marching in protests always made me feel self-conscious and out of place,” he writes, “like a bad extra in a movie, playing an assigned role.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Would I emerge kinder, more resilient—or plagued with unexpected self-consciousness about one of the few areas of my life for which I haven’t felt self-conscious?

From Slate • May 10, 2026

But classic feels too fusty and self-conscious, even though “Hokum” has all the tropes: looming figures, clanging bells, ominous dumbwaiters.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

“Um,” I said, pushing my braid over my shoulder and feeling self-conscious at the way he was looking at me.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon