How to Use personal best in a Sentence

personal best

noun
  • His 73-point game is his personal best and a team best.
    Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The Carter product set a personal best in the event, clocking in at 10.71 seconds to win the race’s first heat.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 7 July 2023
  • Mu entered the meet with a personal best of 4:16 but met the standard required to compete at the world meet.
    Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2023
  • His personal best of 6-3 came in winning the 3A North Region meet.
    Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2023
  • Thompson has a personal best of 9.77 seconds, but couldn't match that in Paris.
    Mark Osborne, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • Peng scaled the wall in 4.85 seconds, a personal best for the Chinese climber, to consign Watson, who had been dominant all week, to the bronze medal climb.
    Sean Nevin, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • Ody Oguama is now at 12 rebounds, one away from his personal best.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Richardson ran a remarkable 10.71, her personal best at the time.
    Talya Minsberg, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Faced with these record economic headwinds, that could be a personal best.
    Jenn McMillen, Forbes, 6 Feb. 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
  • Per his TikTok bio, his personal best is 8.664 seconds.
    Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Despite the wardrobe challenges, Johnson ran her personal best in the final, landing in second place.
    Isabel Yip, NBC News, 9 July 2024
  • His personal best in the distance category is 19 feet, 7 inches, an amazing feat for such a small dog.
    Brent Frazee, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Hagans has recently switched from road racing to the marathon, but has proven capable with her 2:25 personal best.
    Logan Stanley, The Arizona Republic, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Lyles came to Paris fresh off a personal best 9.81 victory at London’s Diamond League meet last month.
    Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Maier also notes that when making a purchase of jeans, fit should take precedence before colors or washes since the right fit will help you to look your personal best.
    Maverick Li, Men's Health, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Guilford Park set a new program-high for team points as every player either tied or set a personal best for points with Joey Dadurka leading the way with 11.
    Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2023
  • On paper, the praise from his coach was well deserved: Vigo Catala’s blazing time of 34.73 seconds not only set a personal best, but also eclipsed the meet record.
    Matty Wasserman, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2023
  • But if structure takes priority over cushioning for you, the Atom could very well be your personal best overall.
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Sadie Engelhardt of Ventura ran a personal best but finished third in her sweepstakes race.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Throwing her personal best 15 feet, 11 inches, Markayla earned a silver medal.
    Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Emma Reaves is coming off a regional title in the shot put where the University of New Hampshire commit threw a personal best 41 feet, 5 inches.
    Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 19 May 2024
  • But while this season’s championship defense bid came up short at 284 points, sophomore Marin Clem said her team was just focused on setting personal best times on Saturday.
    Carter Yates, Dallas News, 18 Feb. 2023
  • All tailwind team members are invited to play to their strengths, turning their personal best to our collective advantage.
    Brian Mavis, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • If your goal is to run a personal best, Peralta-Mitchell suggests staying off your feet as much as possible, avoiding strenuous movement, and sticking close to your home or your hotel.
    Taylor Dutch, SELF, 24 July 2023
  • With Tortured Poets, Swift surpassed her own personal best first-week sales numbers with 2.61 million equivalent album units.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 21 May 2024
  • There is often no objective beyond beating a personal best.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, New York Times, 17 May 2024

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