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Example sentences for: self-consciousness

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His volcanic rages don't have the put-on quality of post- Raging Bull Robert De Niro or the preening self-consciousness of Al Pacino; nor is he a simple-minded bully boy, like Harvey Keitel.
Some critics call the Hollywood self-consciousness about stardom and the price of fame a tad too navel-gazing; most find the movie pretty charming, especially the twangy McConaughey's performance as Ed.
She politely tells him of her self-consciousness and discomfort at seeing the picture, and he explains to her that, while the photographer and his model are in some ways collaborators, the power, the control, ultimately belongs to the photographer alone.
When they project their particular self-consciousness onto society as a whole, the upshot is a sour, self-congratulatory muddle.
Though a few stories are on par with his earlier work, most reviews find the collection riddled with self-referential tics and self-consciousness.