painfully conscious

Frequency: 7.614.8 per million words

Acutely or intensely conscious, often of an unpleasant truth or fact.

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  • She became painfully conscious of her mistakes after the presentation.
  • He was painfully conscious of the awkward silence that filled the room.
  • Despite his efforts, he remained painfully conscious of his limitations.
  • The harsh criticism made her painfully conscious of her lack of experience.
  • Walking into the formal event, I felt painfully conscious of my casual attire.
  • The unexpected revelation left him painfully conscious of his past deception.
  • She grew painfully conscious of the stares from the other passengers.
  • They were painfully conscious that their resources were rapidly dwindling.
  • The writer was painfully conscious of every typo in her published work.
  • He had become painfully conscious of the passage of time and his aging.