self-conscious
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So he always appreciated the ability to point to his official biography on MLB.com, where he was listed at that critical height for the self-conscious male: 6-feet even.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
"You're self-conscious about that. It will always be there."
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
"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 • Jan. 22, 2026
“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 • Dec. 23, 2025
Ken looked self-conscious, and Melanie made a funny, smothered sound.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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