How to Use self-conscious in a Sentence

self-conscious

adjective
  • This piece, like the hand-cuff bag, feels self-conscious in a way the rest of the looks don’t.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2024
  • That freed you up to feel a lot less worried and self-conscious as an actress.
    — H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Just a bit self-conscious, and sometimes the hair flicking and all that.
    — Alison Weinflash, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Jaime has spent half her life watching herself from a self-conscious remove.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
  • There was this kind of deeply self-conscious, rather thin bravado that was really quite acute.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The sentences do not show themselves off, are not self-conscious of their strangeness.
    — Book Marks august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Stock image of a man sitting apart from others, looking self-conscious.
    — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
  • Zendaya trained for three months, but confessed to feeling self-conscious on set about her playing skills.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 23 Aug. 2023
  • In these songs, Mayhem’s restlessness feels a touch self-conscious.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Most people have blushed while feeling self-conscious, embarrassed or ashamed.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • Funny, un-self-conscious, inspired.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • A little self-conscious, a little arty (that whistled intro).
    — Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 18 July 2025
  • The Zohns felt self-conscious, judged, and often unwelcome.
    — Lisa Hughes, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
  • That’s summed up by the highly self-conscious curtain call in which absolutely no-one smiles.
    — David Benedict, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
  • This isn’t the first time I have been told that some tall individuals are self-conscious about it.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 28 Feb. 2023
  • There’s more heft in that gesture than in any of Pi’s more self-conscious moralizing.
    — Vulture, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Some children may feel self-conscious about their choice, while others instantly embrace their new look.
    — Matthew Kayser, Ascend Agency, 19 Dec. 2025
  • And the spike in virtual meetings also seems to be here to stay, leaving some of us more self-conscious about our necks.
    — Deanna Pai, Women's Health, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Poor Joey, standing shirtless in front of his harem, is feeling a little self-conscious.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024
  • People may start avoiding certain foods or feel self-conscious eating around others.
    — Sundeep Venkatesan, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Eva agrees to dance with Frank, and Richie helps Frank feel less self-conscious about his role as stepdad.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
  • Soboleva was self-conscious at first, screaming in public.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Candy was self-conscious about his weight, which was reported to be more than 300 pounds at one point.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The goal here, in focusing on language, is not to shame anyone or to make people self-conscious about their use of words.
    — Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Even if that reason is simply to make life a little more convenient or to feel a little less self-conscious.
    — Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Feeling too prissily self-conscious about the quality of your prose?
    — Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
  • Every year, the kids got more serious about the plays, more ambitious but also more self-conscious.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Feeling self-conscious when your kids are in awe of their friends with big houses and shiny new toys is natural and relatable.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 22 June 2023
  • This can affect your ability to move, complete daily tasks, and feel more self-conscious about your body image.
    — Joy Emeh, Health, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The years ticked by, and more self-conscious things popped out of my body diverting the attention away from my follicles.
    — Stacey Wallenstein, Flow Space, 27 June 2024

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