How to Use legal age in a Sentence

legal age

noun
  • In states where pot use is legal, 21 is the legal age to use it.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2021
  • For customers of legal age, a bar will be featured on the edge of the lazy river.
    — Molly McVety, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2023
  • And if one guest in a stateroom buys the package, all others of legal age must do so as well.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 12 June 2026
  • In New York, the legal age of consent is 17.
    — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The plan will raise the legal age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21.
    — Peter Jamison, Washington Post, 26 June 2018
  • Wisconsin does not have a legal age requirement for children to be left home alone.
    — Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 16 Dec. 2025
  • According to reports, the accuser was of legal age when this email was sent.
    — Manouska Jeantus, Woman's Day, 13 Nov. 2012
  • Though the sites may have a legal age, Paul says underage kids circumvent those with ease.
    — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The plan would also raise the legal age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21.
    — George Stoia, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2018
  • 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
  • Kucinich wants to set the legal age to purchase marijuana as 21.
    — cleveland.com, 2 May 2018
  • For labor unions, the increase in the legal age of retirement has always been a nonstarter.
    — Aurelien Breeden, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2023
  • 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 legal age for a child to stay at home unsupervised in Illinois is 14.
    — Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2019
  • The legal age for drinking, smoking and gambling remains at 20.
    — Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2022
  • In Tennessee the legal age for purchasing all types of firearms is age 18.
    — Bill Frist, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • The measure also raises the legal age for all gun purchases to 21.
    — Jonathan Allen, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2018
  • 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 for purchasing tobacco products just went up in one of the biggest cities in Texas.
    — Matthew Martinez, star-telegram, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Florida also raised the legal age of buying a gun from 18 to 21.
    — Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2019
  • No charges were filed against Molina because in Texas, the legal age for consent is 17.
    — Matthew Martinez, star-telegram, 5 June 2018
  • That’s true even if the person is 21, the legal age to drink in the United States, or older.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
  • Last year, Oregon became the fifth state to raise the legal age to buy tobacco products to 21.
    — Kirsten Korosec, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2018
  • In Louisiana, as in most sports-betting states, the legal age to gamble on sports is 21.
    — Katherine Sayre, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The legal age to purchase e-cigarettes in the United States is 21.
    — Nadia Bidarian, CNN, 31 July 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
  • Some provide the wine and others are BYOB (bring your own booze) for people of legal age.
    — Charles Infosino, The Enquirer, 11 May 2022
  • 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
  • The legal age to purchase nicotine products in Milton, MA is 21 years old and above.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2020
  • The legal age to work in Indonesia is 15, but climbs to 18 if the work is considered hazardous.
    — Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2017

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