How to Use indie in a Sentence

indie

noun
  • See you at the indies next spring.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • What does that look like on a tight indie like this?
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Is there room for indies and giants?
    — Hillel Italie, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • You guys parted ways with your label and went indie last year.
    — Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The indie’s gotten recent flack for its sub-par wages.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But then you’re drawn back to something like this, a low-budget indie.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
  • City of God is an indie that broke big in the aughts, and for good reason.
    — Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
  • So indies can account for that helpful bump.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
  • This is not groovy indie finery; there’s a rock-as-high-art vision at work here.
    — Evan Haga, SPIN, 24 May 2024
  • 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
  • The indie family drama's road to the big screen was a long one.
    — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 12 May 2023
  • The low-budget indie movie realm is often where fresh new talent breaks through.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Some of the new titles have been on the smaller-scale, indie-feeling side of things.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 7 Aug. 2021
  • There’s more to this soon-to-be monstrous indie hit than postcard vistas.
    — Jonathan Peltz, Wired, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Noting a few other indies that have been sticking around.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 May 2026
  • Most indies reporting so far this weekend are wide.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 14 June 2026
  • But the original indie single has a raw, feverish rush of its own.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2021
  • For those wanting a more punk, alt-rock and indie feeling Christmas.
    — Lincoln Wright, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Dec. 2021
  • From there, the indie will expand to more locations, with dates to be announced.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The soundtrack ranges from indie-pop to R&B to upbeat dance tracks.
    — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Joe Kye blends indie-rock, jazz, classical, pop, and world folk to create a unique sound.
    — oregonlive, 22 Apr. 2021
  • For Death Cab, the return to an indie is a homecoming of sorts.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2026
  • American indie band Cage the Elephant will open for all the shows.
    — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 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
  • And a little bit of All forms of rock ‘n roll, alternative, indie, and rock.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 21 June 2024
  • He's received more experience in the indies since then.
    — Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Wang still can’t believe all this happened to him — that this outsider had become the toast of the indie movie business.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 24 July 2024
  • The result is a sound that leans more indie-rock than Americana, but is informed by a hefty dose of soul.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2021
  • 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
  • In 2013, Hirsch became attached to the lead role in the indie biopic.
    — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep. 2024

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