By the second episode in the series, the Georgia debate, the candidates seemed to be growing self-conscious, and even their attacks had a half-hearted quality.

Its practitioners grew more self-conscious, and the music began to be taken more seriously as art.

Every few minutes, like clockwork, he grew self-conscious and clasped his hands to keep them motionless in front of him.

He watched her eating until Annie grew self-conscious under his gaze and chewed more slowly.

He grew self-conscious, wiped it away quickly with his sleeve, and turned to stare at a faded ochre wall.

I suddenly felt myself growing self-conscious too.

These groups became a significant component of the Reagan coalition as they grew more politically self-conscious in the 1980s.

Her work grew increasingly self-conscious and didactic in its attention to gender issues, and suffered as a result.

The boy had grown self-conscious about being kissed by his parents.

Trade increased and the peasantry was growing more affluent and self-conscious.