How to Use legal age in a Sentence

legal age

noun

• The plan will raise the legal age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21.
  — Peter Jamison, Washington Post, 26 June 2018
• In states where pot use is legal, 21 is the legal age to use it.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2021
• The legal age of consent in the U.K., where Sawayama has lived for most of her life, is 16.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023
• For customers of legal age, a bar will be featured on the edge of the lazy river.
  — Molly McVety, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2023
• The plan would also raise the legal age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21.
  — George Stoia, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2018
• The legal age of majority is at least 18 across the U.S.
  — NBC News, 26 Feb. 2021
• The legal age for gambling in the United States is 18 or 21, depending on the state.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 5 Dec. 2023
• At the age of 21, Egnot-Johnson was just of legal age for what would happen next.
  — Andrew Turner, Daily Pilot, 20 July 2019
• The legal age to purchase e-cigarettes in the United States is 21.
  — Nadia Bidarian, CNN, 31 July 2023
• No charges were filed against Molina because in Texas, the legal age for consent is 17.
  — Matthew Martinez, star-telegram, 5 June 2018
• The legal age for gambling in Michigan is 21 years or older.
  — Scott McClallen, Washington Examiner, 22 Jan. 2021
• The legal age for a child to stay at home unsupervised in Illinois is 14.
  — Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2019
• The legal age to purchase nicotine products in Milton, MA is 21 years old and above.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2020
• Florida also raised the legal age of buying a gun from 18 to 21.
  — Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2019
• Some provide the wine and others are BYOB (bring your own booze) for people of legal age.
  — Charles Infosino, The Enquirer, 11 May 2022
• There are currently 23 states in which those of a legal age in any of those states, can place wagers online.
  — Sam Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
• In Tennessee the legal age for purchasing all types of firearms is age 18.
  — Bill Frist, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• Even her birthday cake was topped with a Barbie doll, face down in the icing, as Kylie has finally reached the legal age to drink.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Aug. 2018
• The legal age to purchase a handgun in Austin is already 21, according to Texas law.
  — Steve Almasy, Andy Rose and Jarrod Wardwell, CNN, 17 June 2022
• Kucinich wants to set the legal age to purchase marijuana as 21.
  — cleveland.com, 2 May 2018
• Though the sites may have a legal age, Paul says underage kids circumvent those with ease.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 5 Dec. 2023
• For labor unions, the increase in the legal age of retirement has always been a nonstarter.
  — Aurelien Breeden, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2023
• In Louisiana, as in most sports-betting states, the legal age to gamble on sports is 21.
  — Katherine Sayre, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022
• The measure also raises the legal age for all gun purchases to 21.
  — Jonathan Allen, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2018
• That law raised the legal age to own a long gun to 21 years old, compounding on a previous law that limited the sale of handguns to those 21 and over.
  — Vandana Ravikumar, USA TODAY, 3 July 2019
• In fact, in many states, coroners need only be of legal age with no felony convictions to qualify for the job.
  — The Editors, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2021
• The students have pressed to raise the legal age to purchase a rifle, curb access to AR-style firearms and adopt other gun restrictions.
  — Jamie Stengle, chicagotribune.com, 4 May 2018
• The legal age for drinking, smoking and gambling remains at 20.
  — Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2022
• Those not of legal age or choosing not to imbibe can always pour in a touch of sparkling water for a sparkling beverage too.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 Nov. 2020
• In recent days, Trump has notably broken with the NRA in being open to raising the legal age to purchase certain firearms.
  — Alana Abramson, Time, 22 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 28 May 2024