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
  • But her memoir expands beyond the personal to cast that same piercing gaze on cultural myths, from the obsession with nymphets to the demonization of runaways.
    Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022

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