self-conscious

Example Sentences

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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

Once I hit my teenage years and began being judged by my appearance, I became much less confident and more self-conscious.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I hate anybody watching me sing in the studio, because I'm kind of a self-conscious person and somebody pointing a camera at me doesn't help with that," he says.

From BBC