How to Use personally in a Sentence

personally

adverb

• He blamed me personally for causing the problem.
• The player was personally criticized by his coach.
• You will be held personally responsible for any losses or damages.
• I was personally offended by the article.
• It’s been a great guide to me, personally, and the I Ching even more so.
  — Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2023
• The Queen personally served the meal to her dogs and fed them in a strict order so that none of them felt left out.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
• Guys will go on that walk that didn’t know Spencer, guys that climb the hill that didn’t know him personally.
  — oregonlive, 21 July 2023
• Sunday’s show wasn’t the first time the Boss personally signed off on his fans playing hooky.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
• What Westminster and coach LeBlanc did means a lot to me personally and means a lot to our kids.
  — Jimmy Lay, al, 18 Aug. 2023
• As a mom to three kids age 6 and younger, she's also personally tested many of the products in real life too.
  — Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2023
• No spoilers here, but in the process of rewriting it, something clicked for him, personally.
  — Nicolas Rapold, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• And personally, there is so much joy in watching the actors take and transcend your work, bringing their love, passion and art to the floor.
  — Tony McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
• The past few years have been personally trying with the loss of her stepdaughter, a sister, and her brother, Roger.
  — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2023
• Jaffe said his client, Plump, did not personally benefit from the misuse of the grant money.
  — al, 20 June 2023
• The jazz legend died in 1984, so he won’t personally be credited with this year’s win.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 5 Feb. 2024
• Each of the artists who took part in the performance were personally connected to Buffett.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
• For Stanton, Lincoln’s death was not only a great loss for the country but also a great loss for him personally.
  — Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
• Late that year, Trump personally sent to a Deutsche Bank executive a financial statement at the center of the case, which the state says was rife with fraud.
  — Graham Kates, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2023
• There was never a campaign for me, personally, to get Jimbo out.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 5 June 2023
• This includes people who know me personally to people who don’t know me at all.
  — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
• Remind yourself that the world isn't not picking on you personally.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
• So, this felt like a great playground for me personally but also to really play with that toolbox of what the theater can do at its best.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2023
• The biggest challenge might be stiff-arming darker thoughts about a season that has seemed snake bit, personally and dugout wide.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2023
• She’s researched thousands of baby products, toys, gifts, and more and personally tested many of them.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 6 Apr. 2024
• Yet the Canadian research team found that their sample would press forward with raising the alarm even when there was likely to be harm to them personally.
  — Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• But a public apology — personally signed off by a royal, no less — is very rare.
  — Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
• Any charges incurred for a stay after the event has ended would need to be paid personally by the individual.
  — Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024
• Love takes pride in getting to know his teammates on and off the floor, both personally and professionally.
  — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 7 June 2023
• Most of the customers had frequented the bar and the bowling alley Card targeted and knew victims personally.
  — Tom Bell, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
• He was sued personally, was going through a divorce, and was involved with a tour manager who was stealing from him.
  — John Annese, al, 25 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024