Example Sentences

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The cinema is a light drama of incident, mawkish at times, overconscious at other times.

From Time Magazine Archive

The colour of the face is healthy, tending to rosiness, and the general impression given is that of a clever man, conscious, yet not overconscious, of his dignity.

From William of Germany by Shaw, Stanley

She was watching Elizabeth, was overconscious of her.

From The Breaking Point by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

They are overconscious, burdened to death with consciousness.'

From Women in Love by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

Muscular action becomes overconscious, and intense use of the mind seems to rob the motor centres of easy capacity to use the muscles.

From Westways by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)