How to Use lo-fi in a Sentence

lo-fi

noun
  • Think musky candles, dim lighting, lo-fi jazz and smooth whiskey with a big cube.
    — Kelly Rook Daly, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
  • Think about the lo-fi ingenuity of the fake goal.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 June 2026
  • The look is bold and ambitious, but the lo-fi ethos remains.
    — Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Here, her grief is cradled by lo-fi fuzz and limber, distant horns.
    — Maria Nenet Barrios, Pitchfork, 18 June 2026
  • But this was a very early digital film and it was meant to look a bit hazy and lo-fi.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • There are better options now—but these lo-fi bagels still have a place in food culture.
    — Antara Sinha, Bon Appétit, 27 June 2023
  • Heavy hip-hop, grunge, lo-fi… there are many musical facets to j-hope as a solo artist.
    — Tamar Herman, Variety, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Elephant shed light on the power of lo-fi and not playing by the rules of a studio.
    — Ron Hart, SPIN, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Of course, there’s a lo-fi way to make better hydration choices, too.
    — Bill Gifford, Men's Health, 12 June 2023
  • While some prefer the lo-fi hum of a record player, others like the crisp sound of a compact disc.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
  • There is much to like in the artist’s lo-fi look for a Wednesday night in London.
    — Alice Newbold, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The lo-fi song also serves as a reassuring message to fans who have been by his side.
    — Vulture, 4 Mar. 2023
  • But the lo-fi, homemade verve of the film lends it a sincerity that suits the subject.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 June 2025
  • My whole collection of music at that point was all kind of in this ’70s/lo-fi kind of space.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 May 2026
  • The scares doled out are effective, and the lo-fi vibes are immaculate.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The recording is lo-fi and muffled; Link can be heard mewing in the background.
    — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The lo-fi pixel-art graphics sell the dank, eerie loneliness of this setting.
    — Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 June 2024
  • On the other hand, the shift from cozier lo-fi mixing leaves less fleshed-out songs exposed.
    — Jude Noel, Pitchfork, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The lo-fi thing to me at first came out of economical necessity.
    — Mike Postalakis, SPIN, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Plus, the lo-fi quality of some videos lends them a greater sense of authenticity.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 24 July 2023
  • Our favorite cleaning products run the gamut from high-tech robot vacuums to lo-fi steel wool.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 19 Feb. 2023
  • From lo-fi hip-hop to chamber pop, from acid funk to orchestral rock, the fingerprints remain.
    — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 15 June 2025
  • On record, Spill Tab is a compellingly lo-fi solo project for Chicha.
    — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Some also use sound (think flowing streams, chirping birds, and lo-fi beats) to stir you to reality.
    — Jamie Ballard, Allure, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The film is a campy, lo-fi riff on the Frankenstein story and follows a lonely gravedigger who stinks of corpses.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2025
  • As a statement of intent, that opening scene is as lo-fi as can be, but disturbing nonetheless.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2026
  • For these lo-fi fanatics, the music came with the bonus of a lovely community.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 2 July 2025
  • Everything was handmade, loop-pedalled, a little messy, a little lo-fi.
    — Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
  • The lo-fi garage charm of their prior albums remains intact, but it’s augmented with a wider palette.
    — Brendan Hay, SPIN, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Others gathered in clusters of desks, showing their artwork to friends as lo-fi music hummed in the background.
    — Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Apr. 2026

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