How to Use indie in a Sentence

indie

noun

• The indie family drama's road to the big screen was a long one.
  — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 12 May 2023
• Daniel Glass, who heads the indie label Glassnote, said.
  — John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
• Fast forward 30 years or so, and Gn is one of the few indies who have succeeded on his own terms.
  — Tina Isaac-Goizé, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2023
• And the intimate late-night live music indie shows at the Dakota Tavern can't be missed.
  — Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
• Willie and Me will have its world premiere in Oldenburg on Sept. 13, kicking off the 30th edition of the German indie fest.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2023
• That is, until we were hit with a wave of new dance-centric music videos, from pop stars and indie bands alike, in recent months.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2024
• Notably, many of the musical partners here come from the worlds of retro folk, indie pop, and Americana.
  — The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
• Searchlight, the indie studio that’s distributing the film, added it to the release calendar on June 21.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
• Vote on the best hamburger in town The only Latin indie music festival in Phoenix is back.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2024
• Global media didn’t want to wait that long to capture more of his take on the need for an indie cinema reset.
  — John Bleasdale, Variety, 4 Aug. 2023
• Before his role, Sexton had only appeared in the indie fave Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995).
  — Drew MacKie, Peoplemag, 2 May 2023
• People were stumbling on the indie darling through video on demand.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 May 2023
• There are tons of cult classics, indie hits, and other low-key titles on sale starting at just $1, too, like the undying Left 4 Dead 2.
  — Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 15 Mar. 2024
• She's also released seven studio albums as one half of the indie pop duo, She & Him.
  — Nina Derwin, Redbook, 6 Sep. 2023
• For years, Straube was a drummer in several punk bands and indie acts, like the beloved outfit Miss Garrison.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2023
• But the style icon chose to flaunt her high-fashion bonafides instead by going with a smaller indie designer.
  — Emily Kirkpatrick, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
• Other women of nineties music, especially in punk rock and indie folk, saw the system as bad, and sang about it.
  — Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
• The series changes the story’s backdrop from punk to indie rock, from NYC’s bankruptcy crisis to post-9/11 concerns.
  — Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
• An absolutist like Morrissey might say that indie rock must always be played one way, or that Britain is, at its heart, this way or that.
  — WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
• Benbow will also managed the indie partnerships team, which is led by Tom Young.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 1 Mar. 2024
• And then there are the countless smaller and mid-range films from major studios, mini-majors and indie outfits that must find their way.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Nov. 2023
• Stone steps descend to Guilt & Co., where music lovers line up to see local and touring rock, jazz and indie acts (ticket price per set, 6 dollars).
  — Remy Scalza, New York Times, 25 May 2023
• Parallax, one of the few indie film sales firms in China has picked up two of this year’s best performing mainland Chinese movies.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
• Playing indies is one of my favorite ways to use my Switch because the graphics are often less intensive for these games.
  — Zoë Hannah, Popular Mechanics, 28 July 2023
• His introduction to New York’s baroque-inclined indie scene began in earnest on craigslist.
  — Allison Hussey, Pitchfork, 11 Jan. 2024
• And there’s some spectacular films in the indie world that have been catching a lot of attention, rightfully so.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 29 June 2023
• And for true Appalachian tunes, check the concert calendar at Purple Fiddle in Thomas, a live music venue and bar that draws some of the best indie bands and folk and bluegrass artists.
  — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2024
• After two decades as a band, Taiwanese indie group Sodagreen has grown and evolved, emerging triumphant and standing on the stage together once more.
  — Billboard China, Billboard, 21 June 2023
• Wasilla, a town about 45 minutes north of Anchorage, bred one of the biggest acts in indie rock today: Portugal.
  — Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 19 June 2023
• The album earned the band notoriety in the indie rock underground scene, thanks in part to a tour slot opening for grunge titans Nirvana on the Nevermind tour.
  — USA TODAY, 15 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024