How to Use personal best in a Sentence

personal best

noun

• Schulman’s initial goal for the marathon was to set a new personal best.
  — Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
• Think of the runner who broke her personal best by running with the pack, not against it.
  — Inga Bielińska, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
• Poehling already has a career high in points and is one shy of his personal best for goals.
  — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
• This spring, his personal best is 7-1, which is the eighth-best mark in the country.
  — Tarek Fattal, Daily News, 28 May 2026
• Not to brag but my personal best in getting free items whisked away from the curb was under four minutes.
  — Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2025
• Faced with these record economic headwinds, that could be a personal best.
  — Jenn McMillen, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
• Crovetto got a personal best, but his 48-2½ was short.
  — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
• That 200 title was his second straight and a personal best for him in the event.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
• Nesbitt’s personal best is a 30-point game this season.
  — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
• But with his performance at Berlin, Styles has now beat his own personal best.
  — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Sep. 2025
• Ody Oguama is now at 12 rebounds, one away from his personal best.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2023
• Her personal best is 112-0, set at a league meet in early April.
  — Darren Sabedra, Mercury News, 19 May 2025
• His 49 assists are a career high and his 11 goals are one short of his personal best.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
• Below, find the best strapless bras, plus the tips and tricks to get your personal best fit and silhouette right without a hitch.
  — Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
• That’s a new personal best for the singer-songwriter on the competitive list.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
• Moments later, De Oliveira — who had been on pace for a personal best — also paused his race.
  — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
• Seven of the eight participants in the final ran a personal best.
  — Colin Millar, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
• Harel cleared 7-2 on his first attempt — a personal best — tying for fourth on the national list this year.
  — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
• On Cloudsurfer Next Looking to shave a few seconds off your personal best?
  — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2025
• But Afari was next in line, with eight tackles of his own, setting a single-game personal best for the Ohio native.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 4 Sep. 2023
• But the Norwegian clocked a personal best and led Nuguse to a place in history.
  — Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2023
• After Hall set a personal best in the long jump by nearly a foot, Dugue’s job was done, even with two events remaining.
  — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
• This was a personal best time by more than a minute for Kiplimo, who’s sponsored by Nike, and the seventh-fastest men’s marathon time ever.
  — Bette Canter, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2025
• Despite the wardrobe challenges, Johnson ran her personal best in the final, landing in second place.
  — Isabel Yip, NBC News, 9 July 2024
• Jovani Moran, whose three scoreless innings on Saturday were a new personal best, wasn’t able to record an out in the sixth.
  — Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
• His personal best of 6-3 came in winning the 3A North Region meet.
  — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2023
• Fifteen withdrew mid-race, and the winning time for the women’s race was a full 10 minutes slower than the winner’s personal best.
  — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2024
• By halftime, Scheierman already had set a single-game career high for assists (five) and was one shy of his personal best in rebounds (nine).
  — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
• Kansas State's Daniela Wamokpego claimed the triple-jump crown with a personal best of 45-4 3/4.
  — ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
• His best time at a competition is 20 seconds, and his overall personal best is 12 seconds.
  — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026