How to Use personal in a Sentence

personal

1 of 2 adjective

• He is a personal friend of mine.
• He added his own personal touches to the recipe.
• Golf is a personal interest of mine.
• This is just my personal opinion.
• We provide each of our customers with personal service.
• May I ask you a personal question?
• That information is very personal, and you have no business asking about it.
• We don't accept personal checks.
• She is always concerned about her personal appearance.
• I can only tell you what I know from personal experience.
• And then, of course, there’s your kid’s personal style.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 24 Sep. 2023
• There is not a thing in the world that could convince me to bring my personal life into the classroom.
  — Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2023
• As a bonus, this is a gift that can be used either for a personal purchase or the classroom.
  — Laura Fenton, wsj.com, 7 Oct. 2023
• On the Amazon Prime Video series, the two find themselves in no shortage of battles in the midst of their personal journies.
  — Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 11 June 2023
• A lot of people may want to use the same AI model they are accustomed to for both work and personal tasks.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2024
• The reason why the two were picked as finalists is because of their personal growth.
  — Temi Adebowale, Men's Health, 28 July 2023
• My personal take on the batter is a bit lighter, allowing the mix of vegetables to shine.
  — Leah Koenig, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
• Even flight attendants love this set with a personal item-size tote and a 21-inch rolling carry-on.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2023
• So how to work with buyers, how to work with sellers, how to build a personal brand, how to be confident in the moment, all of that.
  — Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2024
• The storyline takes the role of a medium format film from the artist's personal archive as a starting point.
  — Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2024
• The Celtics’ star/my own personal irritant Jaylen Brown has been rocking Birks for years now.
  — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
• Learn how to take control of your personal finances with Get Your Due, our six-week email bootcamp.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023
• Users of Google Workspace accounts may need to switch over to their personal email account to try Gemini.
  — Reece Rogers, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2023
• Many are running up against the deadline in light of personal challenges, maybe the birth of a baby, an illness, or a death in the family.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2024
• Our staff and testers A beauty product is a personal purchase.
  — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 9 Apr. 2024
• That’s what comes off as the movie’s key object of nostalgia: the time when personal matters stayed private.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
• If your home is very, very small, your personal use of those resources will be quite minimal.
  — WIRED, 2 Sep. 2023
• Deciding which retinol works for you is a very personal process based largely on your skin concerns and goals.
  — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 18 May 2023
• As the moon and Pluto clash, your personal business is on public display.
  — USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
• They’re even made with 1.57 inches of cushioning that’s designed to mold to your foot for a truly personal fit.
  — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2023

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personal

2 of 2 noun

• Hezonja went to the bench with two quick personals at 6:27 of the first quarter.
  — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 Dec. 2017
• The Kanye who resents his fame and the Kayne who projects the personal into the public sphere.
  — George Messenger, National Review, 5 Sep. 2021
• In one sting, a deputy posted an ad in the personals section on doublelist.com.
  — David Harris, OrlandoSentinel.com, 18 May 2018
• Jack Nelson was assessed a personal for hands to the face.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2022
• The personal has always been a part of Prince-Bythewood’s work.
  — Esther Zuckerman, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2022
• The full moon in Virgo on March 1 shines a bright light on your personal and shared resources.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 28 Feb. 2018
• Porter was asking what Beilein thought of some of the foul calls against him, as Porter finished with four personals.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 8 Oct. 2019
• Sometimes politics gives way to the personal at the White House.
  — Kevin Freking, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Aug. 2020
• Murray made two free throws for the technicals, Grant added another for a personal that was called and the lead was 11.
  — Tim Reynolds, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Sep. 2020
• Both are hands-on jobs, where the professional can’t help but bleed into the personal.
  — Deborah Treisma, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
• Each tale is different, each journey personal, and not all of them are good.
  — Taylor Bryant, Glamour, 26 Aug. 2020
• Some dating sites and Craigslist’s personals page have already fallen victim to the new laws.
  — Susan Elizabeth Shepard, Vox, 1 June 2018
• The paradox of the impersonal personal is the defining trait of Soderbergh’s art.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2020
• That personal was at the service of proving something to myself.
  — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 Oct. 2021
• Second, the pandemic pushed the personal into the school, and this was an improvement.
  — Talia Milgrom-Elcott, Forbes, 21 June 2021
• John, who battled foul trouble in many games last season, was whistled for two personals in the first half.
  — Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2019
• But for Trump, the political has often been the personal.
  — W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 8 Sep. 2021
• One of them feels personal: Gomes cast his girlfriend and best friend to portray a couple getting engaged on a beach.
  — Muri Assunção, Billboard, 21 May 2018
• George took that as a sign that her approach — blending the personal with the political — would work in her newest role.
  — Washington Post, 19 June 2020
• The Pacers had a foul to give, but Thaddeus Young, wearing five personals, was not the wisest choice as James' defender.
  — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• Beyond policy and promises, the personal has loomed largest for Biden.
  — Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2022
• Example: Who would post an ad on the personals page of a local newspaper?
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 5 May 2017
• In other words, the personal — staying out of jail — had become paramount for Mr. Netanyahu.
  — New York Times, 8 June 2021
• As a result, their connection to the issue goes beyond the legal arguments into the realm of the personal.
  — Gina Glantz, CNN, 13 May 2022
• The personal has never been a hallmark of Diller’s work in architecture and design.
  — New York Times, 17 Oct. 2021
• My mom always taught me that the personal is political and that those two things should be intertwined.
  — Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2020
• Inside Out, is filled with personal, sometimes painful details of the star's life and relationships behind the scenes.
  — Samantha Lauriello, Health.com, 3 Oct. 2019
• In such a tense time, though, the personal sometimes overshadows the political.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2022
• Like thoughts on politics, views on education, can be messy — and rooted in the personal.
  — Nick Fouriezos, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2022
• Jennings teased out the personal from what could otherwise have been a sweeping metanarrative of Britain in wartime.
  — Thomas Page, CNN, 23 Feb. 2021

Last Updated: 6 May 2024