underage

Example Sentences

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“It’s been hard for me because for many years I’ve been so embarrassed that I wasn’t underage when I met him. I was in my early 20s,” she said in the recent interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

There have also been concerns that age assurance technologies would wrongly block adults while failing to spot underage users.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Mark Zuckerberg's company removed over 550,000 underage accounts in Australia alone in December ahead of that country's under-16 social media ban.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

“I asked at least five times if I could let my guardian know what was happening, because I was underage, but they never let me,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

“And they still haven’t called a hearing about all the underage magic I used escaping the Death Eaters?”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling