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
• Most actors do although part of your job is not being self-conscious.
  — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
• Jaime has spent half her life watching herself from a self-conscious remove.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
• There is no self-conscious thought, or anxiety over the outcome.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 12 Aug. 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