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
• But just for me, personally, Mark is the busiest person in the world.
  — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 17 July 2022
• And the first that comes to mind for me is, for you personally, what ties together the two parts of the book?
  — CBS News, 7 Sep. 2022
• 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
• Uh, the for the hundreds of thousands and for you personally.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
• Just personally to so many of us and on such a deep level.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2022
• At the time, this is the worst thing anyone’s ever done to me personally.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 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
• And a lot of that is figuring out where those gaps are and what those gaps are for you personally.
  — Yolanda MacHado, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2023
• There were so many moments that were just such a gift for me personally.
  — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2025
• Meghan and Harry are close with the Queen personally though.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 3 June 2022
• Getting to a place of not taking that stuff personally has been the biggest thing for me.
  — Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 25 June 2025
• But the queen won't personally ride in the carriage this weekend—and with good reason.
  — Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 5 June 2022
• The top draft pick for 2025 will wear the new shade as a symbol of how to go after what fits you personally—not just what’s trending.
  — Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2025
• Living halfway around the world to dribble a ball wasn’t worth it to him personally.
  — Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 23 July 2024
• 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
• Though he was not personally involved with the effort, the car would be called, simply, the Giotto.
  — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 16 May 2023
• No spoilers here, but in the process of rewriting it, something clicked for him, personally.
  — Nicolas Rapold, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• In other words, the proverb about teaching old dogs new tricks seemed personally apt.
  — Thomas Cangelosi, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2025
• Not just to me personally, but to so many other Team USA athletes.
  — Rachel G Bowers, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
• What was the process of building Shawna as a character, both in the writer’s room and for you personally?
  — Quinci Legardye, ELLE, 23 July 2022
• Grimes didn't personally know Costner before joining the cast — but the pair met briefly when the actor was just 17 years old.
  — Samantha Stutsman, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2023
• Yoe, the former creative director of the Muppets, was personally recruited for the job by Jim Henson.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 8 July 2025
• Country singer-songwriter Pat Green and his family are among those who have been personally impacted by the Texas floods that took place over the July 4 holiday weekend.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 8 July 2025