self-conscious

Example Sentences

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By then, the characters had names, ages, accents and personality traits: “popular,” “agile,” “self-conscious.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Growing up as a child of immigrants, I was kind of self-conscious about displaying too much of my culture,” she says between bites of spiral fried potato.

From Los Angeles Times

At first, I felt self-conscious, worried about waking the others, and awkward eating alone in their midst, but I needn’t have worried.

From Literature

Christopher was self-conscious in his new clothes—black trousers, a wine-colored jumper, and new boots that came up past his ankles—but they were finer than any he’d had before.

From Literature

I also feel very self-conscious whenever I chat to George when no-one else is around as I'm acutely aware that it's just me speaking aloud in an empty room to a chatbot.

From BBC