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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Not just to me personally, but to so many other Team USA athletes.
    Rachel G Bowers, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
  • 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
  • And personally, there is so much joy in watching the actors take and transcend your work, bringing their love, passion and art to the floor.
    Tony McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
  • The past few years have been personally trying with the loss of her stepdaughter, a sister, and her brother, Roger.
    Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Jaffe said his client, Plump, did not personally benefit from the misuse of the grant money.
    al, 20 June 2023
  • The jazz legend died in 1984, so he won’t personally be credited with this year’s win.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The band had in many ways outlived its usefulness, even to me personally.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Each of the artists who took part in the performance were personally connected to Buffett.
    Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Red playfully thumbs his nose at the van, which Ressler takes personally.
    Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Craft as agency Drake is one of the few enslaved people who had any agency as an artist or personally.
    Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Mar. 2023
  • For Stanton, Lincoln’s death was not only a great loss for the country but also a great loss for him personally.
    Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Late that year, Trump personally sent to a Deutsche Bank executive a financial statement at the center of the case, which the state says was rife with fraud.
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • And for one very special fan named Aubrey, Monét brought her up on stage to personally thank her for supporting her all of these years and gifted her a signed vinyl.
    Heran Mamo, Billboard, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Share a before and after of a customer who was positively impacted by the company – remind the team up close and personally that their work matters.
    Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Trump has yet to personally comment on the threats, but transition spokesperson and incoming press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the reports.
    Steff Danielle Thomas, The Hill, 28 Nov. 2024

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