How to Use private in a Sentence

private

1 of 2 adjective

• It was the first time many had seen works from the artist's private collection.
• He's a very private person.
• At work he was always very serious, but in his private life, he was actually very funny and relaxed.
• Please keep all my personal information private.
• The CEOs aren’t—on the private jets and the billionaires’ camp and the designer suits and the yachts and all this.
  — Time, 20 July 2023
• The private guard was deployed by the store, police said.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
• Most of the bluff where the slide occurred is private property.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2024
• What is the best way to stay private, secure and anonymous while browsing the web?
  — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2024
• Biden even aims to gain a measure of control over private AI projects.
  — Matt Laslo, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023
• The duo tried for the third and last time to resolve their issues in a private conversation.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
• After the play, Swift was seen next to Kelce’s mom, Donna, banging on the glass of their private box suite and cheering.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2023
• He was moved to a private cell and began refusing food.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
• According to McLemore, the hotel claims on their website that all of their meals are made by a private chef.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
• Heading upstairs, the owner’s deck sports an owner’s suite that opens to a private lounge and spa.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2024
• The third floor will house intimate private event spaces and a patio, while the rooftop fourth floor has two full bars.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 21 Feb. 2024
• From here, there’s access to a private roof terrace that’s got the best views of the verdant grounds that surround the residence.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2023
• Meanwhile, the dropoff in patents impacts both public and private companies as well as large and small ones, the study says.
  — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
• The fund was supposed to consist of up to $150 million in private investment.
  — Michael Hill, ajc, 4 June 2023
• In fact, Kelly has spoken about how her mother prefers to keep things more private.
  — Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 17 Dec. 2023
• In private, the two have clashed in a series of phone calls — the last of which was a month ago — but Mr. Biden has been reluctant to publicly split with Mr. Netanyahu.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• And for quick trips into town, there’s a private helipad.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2023
• Plus, all the homes will feature rooftop terraces (hot tub included!), star-gazing nets, and private pools on the ground floor.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2023
• She was seen in a private suite with Kelce's mother, Donna, cheering him on while decked out in Chiefs colors.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2023
• The bar also has a private entrance on Holbein Place and its own resident DJ.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2023
• The 10th floor will house a VIP salon and an invitation-only private club with a bar and dining room.
  — Liz Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2023
• Rosewood Bermuda is set on a sprawling, private stretch of pink-sand beach, the perfect spot to be marooned for a long weekend.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2023
• The couple was staying at a friend’s private residence and did not want to compromise this friend’s home.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 May 2023
• They were given a private room in which to talk, and Kangethe took off shortly afterward, police said.
  — Larry Madowo, CNN, 8 Feb. 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
• Trump, who flew on his private plane to Miami on Monday, arrived at courthouse at around 1:50 p.m. ET and then was booked.
  — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 13 June 2023

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private

2 of 2 noun

• Keeping the tour private required an agreement with the whole of the U.K. press.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 19 Apr. 2019
• The team works to solve the murder of a Marine private who seems to have been killed for helping an Afghan refugee.
  — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2023
• The area appears rural, with a roadside restaurant, some privates homes and a small strip of stores.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
• At one point, they’re forced to snort and stash a bunch of cocaine in their privates after they’re framed for drug-running.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
• But what about the design flaw in some boxer shorts that could make your privates less than private?
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 19 July 2019
• The Marine private expelled a heavy shunt of air, a big smile appearing on his face.
  — oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2021
• Ladies sat in such a way as not to display their privates to fellow diners.
  — Dan Danbom, The Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2019
• He was joined on day nine by Sherif, who was kicked off for no less a crime than publicly kicking Molly-Mae in the privates.
  — 1843, 19 June 2019
• So in the show ring, Max gets all glassy-eyed and thinks of fireworks and flowers and dancing with Arnett as the show judge inspects his privates.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 24 May 2018
• The blaze, located 1.5 miles from privates structures, is held on one side by a forest road.
  — OregonLive.com, 20 Aug. 2017
• Those who play the game, which includes young privates to colonels, generally seem to agree.
  — Adin Dobkin, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2017
• The boy also told police that over the summer Grant would check on a groin injury and groped his privates at least 10 times while training with him.
  — Erika Pesantes, Sun-Sentinel.com, 18 Oct. 2017
• Then the Army private got stuck midway through the over 4,000-mile journey from Hawaii to Indianapolis and had to sleep on an airport floor.
  — Leah Willingham, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Dec. 2022
• Pieces of the battle are clear to him more than a decade later: the frantic crackle of the platoon radio, the feeble thumbs-up from a 21-year-old private who had been shot in the neck.
  — Dave Philipps, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2017
• Navy lawyers defend two Marines accused of killing a private at the naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
  — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021
• Within a year, more than 5,000 soldiers, mainly privates, were buried there.
  — Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 15 June 2023
• No reporter should observe a celebrity with his privates out.
  — Allison P. Davis, The Cut, 4 Sep. 2017
• Now, both Albrecht and the village of La Roquebrussanne sponsor the private's burial place.
  — Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2021
• Kravitz was playing a show in Stockholm when his skintight leather pants ripped, exposing his privates — piercing and all.
  — Lydia Price, PEOPLE.com, 14 June 2019
• Get our daily newsletter Large banks’ private-banking arms have been lending against art since the 1970s.
  — The Economist, 4 July 2019
• Kelly, the highest-ranking military official to lose a child in Iraq or Afghanistan, has tried to keep his son's death private.
  — Dan Merica, CNN, 18 Oct. 2017
• No details were given of the destination of the American Army private, who had been based in South Korea.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2023
• Detectives said the girl reported Frklic had her touch his privates as well.
  — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 21 June 2019
• For Trump, a 2005 tape from the show Access Hollywood, in which he is heard bragging about grabbing women in their privates, is the evidence many cite.
  — Heidi M. Przybyla, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2017
• Waco and the Fadal home offered a convenient getaway whenever the Army private could land a weekend pass.
  — Carl Hoover, The Seattle Times, 17 Jan. 2018
• Will their potty training woes, the shots of him or her in the bath with a smiling heart over their privates, and the tantrums captured for laughs some day be a source of embarrassment and resentment?
  — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2019
• One of the biggest advocates for keeping the coronation private was Sir Winston Churchill.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 10 June 2019
• The industry’s track record with massive deals—like the take-privates and club deals popular in the mid-2000s—isn’t the most glorious chapter in its history.
  — Chris Cumming, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2017
• Travis Kelce is keeping details about his romance with Taylor Swift private.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2023
• Eventually, the private grows impatient with the public, at which point the partnership could fray.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024