drinking age

noun

: the age at which a person can legally buy and drink alcohol

The drinking age in the U.S. is 21.

Examples of drinking age in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adults of legal drinking age should not drink more than one drink per day for women and two drinks per day for men, according to the US Dietary Guidelines for Americans. —Katia Hetter, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024

In 1972, Wisconsin lowered the state's legal drinking age to 18, turning the Badger State into a magnet for young Illinois drinkers. —Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2024

To commemorate the medical drama officially reaching drinking age, the 21st season cast (led by Camilla Luddington) assembled for a side-splitting, shot-for-shot recreation of the Vanderpump Rules intro, decked out in full scrubs. —Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2024

The makeover was the first domino in a pop culture-disrupting series of events and a full metamorphosis for Cyrus, who still wouldn’t reach legal drinking age until November 2013. —Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2024