Personal

//ˈpɜː.sə.nəl//

"Personal" in a Sentence (31 examples)

Peter was an altruistic video game player; he would give items to people who needed them, rather than selling them for personal profit.

The goal of education is not wealth or status, but personal development.

Do you know how to use a personal computer?

For personal reasons.

I have installed Microsoft Office on my personal computer, so please use its file format when you send me the attachment.

Bob told Jane not to interfere in his personal affairs.

I broke the personal computer.

Personal computers are of great use.

I am seeking a person who can write a personal computer manual.

She alone is able to use the personal computer.

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personal values; personal desire

Her song was her personal look at the values of friendship.

Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.

You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.

personal reasons

You can't read my diary—it is personal.

That's a very personal question.

I can't believe you went through my drawers and looked at all my personal things!

personal lubricant; personal massager

personal charms

The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?

a personal interview

a personal meeting

personal settings

Although you miss the nonverbal cues that you pick up in a personal meeting, you can call far more clients in a day than you can meet with in person.

personal reflections or remarks

Only factual argumentation, no need to get personal.

a personal pronoun

one's personal vehicle, as opposed to a company vehicle

1748, Tobias Smollett (translator), Alain-René Lesage (original), The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane In addition to this, a coarse shirt quite new, a pair of my father's shoes quite old, and, what rejoiced me more than all the rest, a rouleau of twenty rials in a linen rag. Behold the sum total of my personals.

I've had my cell ransacked, savagely searched, and as a result, had my legal papers stolen and destroyed, allong with what little personal clothing and other personals I had.

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