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Madge now turned toward Mr. Muir, and he could detect not the slightest indication of embarrassment or overconsciousness, as she said, "Certainly, Henry, you must not spoil this little bit of prospective fun."

From A Young Girl's Wooing by Roe, Edward Payson

What is familiar tends to remain in our overconsciousness only.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

He greeted Cissy with a certain nervous overconsciousness of his duties as host and teacher, and then plunged abruptly into the lesson.

From A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories by Harte, Bret