personal space
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In a hybrid-work world, the office should be a place that enhances productivity and restoring a sense of personal space would help achieve that.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026
For some, withdrawing into a small personal space and lowering expectations seems like a rational, even self-protective, response.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 25, 2025
She adds that billionaires cherished their personal space and independence even more.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025
These findings are inconsistent with previous studies which report that sympathetic activity, or the "fight or flight" response, is activated when a stranger invades our personal space.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2024
The rickety partitions shook, their bolts rattled, and he invaded my personal space.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
