How to Use underage in a Sentence

underage

adjective
Definition of underagenext
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  • They were not allowed into the club because they were underage.
  • Three of the women were underage at the time of the alleged crime.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Most people in that camp knew that a lot of these girls were underage.
    — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Two underage girls were handcuffed as a result of the fight.
    — Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The aides said many calls appeared to come from underage people.
    — Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
  • All of the suspects are underage, so their names remain sealed.
    — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were underage at the time of production.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 4 Jan. 2023
  • James said the $112.7 million due to New York will pay for underage smoking abatement programs across the state.
    — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • And for underage children and adults who don’t imbibe, a pineapple-lime soda hits the spot.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Though the sites may have a legal age, Paul says underage kids circumvent those with ease.
    — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Winters claimed none of the females appeared to be underage.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2022
  • But knowing full well that he's been accused of all these awful things with underage girls.
    — CBS News, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The project follows 9-year-old Reshma, an underage mine worker, who is forced to marry a dog, Shera.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The packaging was easy to hide and the flavors such as mango, fruit and mint were popular among underage users.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 6 Sep. 2022
  • She was cited for underage drinking, twice, the second time with Barbara in tow.
    — Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The underage actors are shown doing provocative dance steps while clothed, and there is also a brief glimpse of an adult woman’s bare breast.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023
  • But her mom ended up coming to their rescue when they got stopped at the door for being underage and without ID.
    — Richard Galant, CNN, 20 Nov. 2022
  • He is charged with second-degree murder, use of a firearm during a felony and underage possession of a firearm.
    — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Three of the 11 people who came forward were underage when Roiland started talking to them.
    — Vulture, 13 Sep. 2023
  • In it, a narrator reads five quotes describing Moore’s pursuit of underage girls, as images of malls flash across the screen.
    — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Later, police learned that the driver was underage and in possession of two fake IDs.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 10 Jan. 2023
  • But for all the pro-and-con campaigning in 2012, the worst fears about legalization’s impact on children and underage youth have not come true.
    — John Aguilar, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Many of the remote workers in Pakistan are underage, Hassan says.
    — WIRED, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The deaths of these teenagers, aged 14 to 18, sparked a national conversation on underage drinking in South Africa.
    — Melissa Noel, Essence, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The victims included an underage girl and a police informant, the DOJ said.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 25 Aug. 2022
  • According to a deposition, beer was kept in a walk-in deer cooler, and underage kids were free to help themselves.
    — James Lasdun, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The underage driver then allegedly rolled down their car window and fired, the detective said.
    — Michelle Krupa, CNN, 3 Oct. 2023
  • But the Disco arguably became as known for its underage female clientele, who came there to dance, listen to music, and meet rock stars.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Maxwell was sentenced in June to 20 years for helping her boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein abuse underage girls.
    — David Klepper, ajc, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The underage girl, now over eighteen, had become an adult-film star, with her own channel on Pornhub and a profile on OnlyFans.
    — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024

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