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
• And they are always associated with a very strong story that appeals personally to him.
  — Ugonnaora Owoh, Essence, 24 Oct. 2024
• Paxton had not personally commented on the issue until Wednesday, when his social media account posted a list of reasons for why Roberson's execution should proceed.
  — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024