adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"I've never drunk wine before," I said, suddenly self-conscious .
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Her diary was written in a strangely self-conscious style.
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I always feel really self-conscious in a bikini.
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Teenagers are often very self-conscious about their appearance.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A self-conscious orphan, she took emotional refuge in social form and social skills.
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At first, there were faint murmurings, barely audible even within the row, and self-conscious answers from the team leader.
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He wore nothing except shorts, and was unlike the head of Nefertiti in that he was self-conscious .
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However, be careful of creating self-conscious metaphors and similes.
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It has to be closely supervised but provides a good job for any adult who might be feeling somewhat self-conscious .
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Mary had provoked sensations of his childhood; one of them was this womb-echoing self-conscious snugness indoors, safe from outside turbulence.
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The superintendent divined from the self-conscious way he carried himself that Hebden wished he had.