PERSONAL in a Sentence

Learn PERSONAL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for PERSONAL, such as:
1. She is blunt about her personal life.
2. The dishes he produces all have a personal touch.
3. My personal view is that we shouldn't offer him the job.
4. She refused to answer questions about her personal finances.
5. You never allow personal problems to affect your performance.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of PERSONAL
personal
 a.  concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
 a.  indicating grammatical person
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She had never seen her mother stirred from her austere placidity, nor her personal appointments anything but perfect, no matter what the hour of day or night.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
2  Moreover, there was something personal, exciting about a town that was born--or at least christened--the same year she was christened.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
3  Frantically she cast about in her mind for some other topic of conversation which would not be so personal but which would divert Mr. O'Hara from the purpose of his trip.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
4  Most of what he was saying went over her head, as did any conversation that was not personal.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
5  But she wanted to give him something more personal, something a wife could give a husband, a shirt, a pair of gauntlets, a hat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
6  It was the greatest feat of the war, and Atlanta took pride and personal satisfaction in the thought that its railroads had made the victory possible.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
7  He could never be inveigled into personal conversations, try though she might, but now with no angling on her part, he was talking about kissing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
8  "I don't care for such personal conversation," she said coolly and managed a frown.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
9  "Why--" began Uncle Henry, irritated at the feminine mind which thought only of personal things when broad issues were involved.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
10  It was entirely personal, a malicious action aimed directly at her and hers.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
11  Mostly of having life suddenly become too real, of being brought into personal, too personal, contact with some of the simple facts of life.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
12  But her self-control was severely tested many times, because of the personal questions they asked and because of the smug and condescending attitude they displayed toward all things Southern.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
13  There was contempt in his one eye, not a personal contempt for her, but for her whole sex.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
14  She knew that an Irishman with a determination to get somewhere was a valuable man to have, regardless of what his personal characteristics might be.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
15  And he seemed to take it as a personal affront that I did not starve but put my poker playing to excellent advantage and supported myself royally by gambling.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She is blunt about her personal life.
2  The club does not accept responsibility for loss of or damage to club members' personal property.
3  Employees must on no account make personal telephone calls from the office.
4  Use stencils to add a few personal touches to walls and furniture.
5  You never allow personal problems to affect your performance.
6  The story tells of a man's journey of personal discovery up an African river.
7  She didn't allow her personal problems to impinge on her work.
8  Self-confidence means being relaxed enough to allow your lover their personal space.
9  She refused to answer questions about her personal finances.
10  You are required by the District Attorney to provide your phone bills, both business and personal.
11  General Lewis Mackenzie has impressed everyone with his authority and personal courage.
12  The chairman of the bank believes in the personal touch and always sends a signed letter to each customer.
13  With students she had a sure touch and showed great personal sensitivity.
14  The dishes he produces all have a personal touch.
15  My personal view is that we shouldn't offer him the job.