How to Use underage in a Sentence

underage

adjective
  • 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
  • That hookup turns out to be the new-in-town (and notably underage) Jules.
    Milan Polk, Men's Health, 25 Jan. 2022
  • 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 underage weapon charge was punishable by up to nine months in jail.
    Scott Bauer, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • Out of concern that the person on the tape may be underage, it is turned over to Chicago police.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were underage at the time of production.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The women, who were underage girls at the time, had receipts of the payments from the mobile payment app Cash App.
    Matthew Brown, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2021
  • At the same Olympics, the Chinese team that won bronze utilized an underage gymnast.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • Ellefson shared a screenshot of a post written by the fan alleged to be underage.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2021
  • Though the sites may have a legal age, Paul says underage kids circumvent those with ease.
    Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Thomas recalled texting on and off with the woman for about a week, and the topic of underage girls kept coming up.
    Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Winters claimed none of the females appeared to be underage.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Across the region, the pandemic is driving a rise of underage wives.
    Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The suit alleges the companies partnered to market the weapon to underage boys in the games and on social media.
    Bonnie McLean, ABC News, 24 May 2024
  • Another woman, who was underage at the time, told The Post that Gobin forcibly kissed her and touched her crotch over her clothes.
    Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
  • As many as 200 people attended the party, most of whom were underage, the city said in a news release.
    Steve Almasy, CNN, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Judy Grunwald began attending shows at the Rat as an underage 17-year-old in the mid-’70s.
    James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 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
  • In that case, each of the eight men was also charged with failure to comply with underage alcohol laws.
    Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 3 June 2021
  • She was cited for underage drinking, twice, the second time with Barbara in tow.
    Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
  • After that, more girls, many of them fans who claim to have been underage at the time, came forward with their own accounts of inappropriate behaviour by Payne.
    Lucy Ford, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
  • But that option may not be available to everyone, including low-income or underage survivors – people who are likely to still be living with their abusers, Smith says.
    Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'underage.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: