How to Use indie in a Sentence

indie

noun

• The indie stalwarts are set to hit the road across the U.S. starting in late May.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2022
• In 2013, Hirsch became attached to the lead role in the indie biopic.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep. 2024
• Catherine Marks is more known for her work in the indie space.
  — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
• The indie family drama's road to the big screen was a long one.
  — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 12 May 2023
• The soundtrack ranges from indie-pop to R&B to upbeat dance tracks.
  — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 16 Dec. 2020
• Still, seeing a few more indies in the limelight is great.
  — Matt Gardner, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
• Mowry and Hardrict first met in 1999, on the set of the indie movie Hollywood Horror.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2022
• Some of the new titles have been on the smaller-scale, indie-feeling side of things.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 7 Aug. 2021
• It’s got indie shops, scenic hikes and cozy cabins that feel a world away from city life.
  — Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2025
• It should be said that this look, like its cousins ( ’90s and indie sleaze), is the jurisdiction of the eyes.
  — Sloane Crosley, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2024
• The two Swains starred together in the coming-of-age indie Tart (2001).
  — Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025
• This is the first film ever made as an indie with that kind of budget that just went for it all.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2024
• As a bonus, there’s a nice reference to indie faves Matt Pond PA in the second verse.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2021
• American indie band Cage the Elephant will open for all the shows.
  — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2024
• Daniel Glass, who heads the indie label Glassnote, said.
  — John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
• What about Once, that charming indie about a pair that spends a week in Dublin writing songs about their love?
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 12 Dec. 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
• The indie studio will release the film in theaters and on demand on Dec. 23.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 14 Nov. 2022
• Innersloth, the indie team behind the massive Twitch hit Among Us, just learned that the hard way.
  — Luke Winkie, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2021
• This is not groovy indie finery; there’s a rock-as-high-art vision at work here.
  — Evan Haga, SPIN, 24 May 2024
• You guys parted ways with your label and went indie last year.
  — Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
• There are few bigger indie success stories in the past 20 years than Death Cab for Cutie.
  — Jeff Terich, SPIN, 16 Sep. 2022
• The result was a blockbuster-budget game with an indie feel.
  — Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
• Rob Cohen’s film feels like a gritty indie compared to the rest of the Fast and Furious movies.
  — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
• At the end of the summer of 2019, the indie musician Mitski was on top of the world, and she was exhausted.
  — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022
• They’re given a moment in the sun, and that’s perhaps enough — these are among those indie darlings that have been talked about to death over the years.
  — Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
• Clearly, this band’s indie bona fides are second to none.
  — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2025
• The indie-rockers appeared fresh off the release of their new album We, the group's first in nearly five years.
  — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 8 May 2022
• Campbell invited indies to submit pitches for docs, which will sit on both YouTube and iPlayer.
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
• In hindsight, this wasn’t just a breakout indie, but a warning shot that a major new cinematic voice had arrived.
  — Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025