How to Use insecure in a Sentence

insecure

adjective

• One of the building's rear doors was insecure.
• I feel shy and insecure around strangers.
• The country's borders remain insecure.
• Are people less insecure about food and famine, and thus have their eating habits changed?
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 5 Mar. 2020
• If the parents are out of control, the teachers are paranoid and insecure.
  — Dallas News, 11 Feb. 2020
• Carter was deeply insecure, and desperate for acceptance by her peers.
  — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Jan. 2020
• There are 11 million food-insecure children in this country.
  — Ac Shilton, Outside Online, 22 Mar. 2020
• Makeshift solutions and insecure AI can put people at risk.
  — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2020
• And speaking of threats, Genevieve admits to feeling insecure without her Shot in the Dark.
  — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 20 Nov. 2024
• What other global industry is so frightfully insecure about its place, not just in the culture but in the economy?
  — Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2020
• Surveys indicate that the vast majority of Egyptian women feel insecure in the streets.
  — Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2020
• This is a reach, because Keith doesn’t come off as insecure, merely as a normal person who wants to avoid messiness and was never that into Danni.
  — Emma Soren, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
• My feet felt insecure while cornering or on slants when running faster than easy pace, including steady-state workouts and strides—attributable to the personal fit issues.
  — Elizabeth Carey, Outside Online, 13 Jan. 2020
• The program packs and distributes bags of fresh produce, canned goods and meat to food-insecure seniors at 67 sites in Alameda County.
  — Otis R. Taylor Jr., SFChronicle.com, 19 Mar. 2020
• But many are still anxious the new rules could leave them with an insecure immigration status after Brexit happens on Jan. 31.
  — Billy Perrigo, Time, 17 Jan. 2020
• Mel is the responsible but ultimately insecure one who makes sure to give the space for Mia to shine but holds mounting resentment for taking a backseat in their debt-laden business.
  — Garrett Mitchell, Detroit Free Press, 9 Jan. 2020
• The group sought to locate prepared, perishable food in Birmingham and distribute it to food-insecure communities.
  — Sarah Cook McBride, al, 18 Mar. 2020
• The problem is, the girlfriend is very insecure about her weight.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 28 Apr. 2022
• The Google doc penned by Ellison and shared with the Times paints her as overwhelmed and insecure.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2023
• The source of most of our anger is being injured and/or insecure.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 26 June 2021
• An insecure young kid who seeks approval from tricks and peers alike?
  — Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
• My 6-year-old's teacher says my child is insecure but doesn't act out.
  — Washington Post, 14 July 2021
• Of course, what the Palace had not expected was that this meek, insecure woman would grow up.
  — Eloise Moran, ELLE, 31 Aug. 2022
• The oldest of Boles' sons, Daly was sweet, a bit insecure, soft-hearted, a rule follower and did great in school.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2022
• And, of the billions of records that have been exposed by cyberattacks to date, many have been due to insecure APIs.
  — Sanjay Cherian, Forbes, 19 May 2022
• No more hot, damp days, and no more being insecure about your sweat patches.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 May 2022
• And for young children, some are now feeling insecure while at school.
  — Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2021
• Windows runs on over a billion devices, many of which are old and insecure.
  — Dan Patterson, CBS News, 29 June 2021
• The insecure boss—Overly concerned about what others think of them.
  — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
• Dan is working very hard on cracking the puzzle of the tape, but Archive 81 is way too insecure to ask the viewer to do any work at all.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024