personals

Example Sentences

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As a result, sites like Craigslist removed their entire online personals sections.

From The Verge • Oct. 17, 2019

John had recently moved to the city and was getting to know his new home: mainly, he says, by answering personals ads in the newspaper.

From The Guardian • Sep. 3, 2019

“There were pages and pages of personals, mine was the only one to say wedding planner. I got lovely young couples who were having trouble planning their weddings.”

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2019

See, for example, the wonderful sonnets that read like ads from a personals section: “A brother versed in spiritual calisthenics / And cowboy quiet seeks funny, lonesome, / Speculative or eye-glassed lass.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2018

The more junior typesetters leaded and shimmed the classifieds and personals and all the other advertisements that filled the inside pages.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson