Sentences with phrase «mask insecurity»

Peter doesn't bother to mask his insecurity with raunchy bravado, like Seth Rogen in Knocked Up or the foulmouthed seniors of Superbad.

They can say they're gonna crush the other team next time, but that's actually an attempt to mask insecurity behind closed doors.

You'll note they are conveniently «busy» at crucial times when their input or direction is needed, and often take shelter in incessant meetings that are really façades to mask their insecurity or fear of facing conflict or leading the troops.

If you dig deep enough, you'll find that a lot of products that marketers sell are designed to mask insecurities.

True confidence — as opposed to the false confidence people project to mask their insecurities — has a look all its own.

Exaggerating the truth — or even outright lying — is often used to mask insecurities.

From her introduction into the story onward, she's characterized as a vapid, insecure woman who masks her insecurities with alcohol, sarcasm, and constant references to her life back in Los Angeles as an actress.

Not exact matches

Sometimes self - deprecation is genuine, but it's often a mask for insecurity.

Some people are highly skilled at putting on a self - assured front, which can mask their deeper insecurities.

Bragging is a mask for insecurity.

This suspicion is not unjustified; it can however also mask one's own ambivalence and insecurity.

, I see fear and insecurity masked by bullying arrogance.

I recognize this as ego and pride now.I nurtured those masks out of fear aand insecurity.

Many Leos do exude an air of confidence that makes the world believe they are sure of their own talents, but sometimes this over-the-top conviction is masking some underlying insecurities.

In some ways, the film's chasm between Williams's star wattage and the mundane material surrounding the actress could be seen as reflective of Jessica herself: a woman whose outward displays of sassy assertiveness masks a host of insecurities.

Quill's outward bravado masks an inner sensitivity and insecurity that is shared by all of the misfits.

Over food, wine and swimming, we learn more and more backstory on each character, and it's pretty obvious the beautiful bodies and faces are masking mountains of vulnerabilities and insecurities.

The leads in his films all seem to have a universal vulnerability similar to what's found in a child, one whose posturing and haughty arrogance masks a host of insecurities bubbling just beneath the surface.

The biggest shock is hers when she recognizes that a know - it - all attitude doesn't mask ignorance, a freewheeling banter doesn't cloak insecurity, and her outsider status doesn't sentence her to a lonely life.

What happens when a womanizing pharmaceutical rep (Jake Gyllenhaal) falls for the free - spirited beauty (Anne Hathaway) whose insistence on a no - strings - attached relationship only masks her deep insecurity?

His good - natured, easygoing manner masks some basic insecurities, or as his former girlfriend Rachel (Lake Bell) scolds: «Don't do that thing where you compare yourself to everyone else in the world, and why you're not doing better.»

The obvious need to elevate yourself above others stinks of insecurity masking itself as self - importance.

Take a few minutes and review the steps in your cycle to see if you can 1) identify the secondary emotions (anger, for example) that mask the more vulnerable, primary emotions (insecurity or loneliness, for example) underneath; 2) identify the ideas you come up with about your partner and the relationship; and, 3) identify the associated behaviors you engage in.