How to Use hey in a Sentence

hey

interjection

• hey, I won the lottery!
• But hey, at least the look-alikes got to queen out to Patel’s Slumdog Millionaire dance.
  — Michael Savio, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
• That frustration is understandable, but hey, so is complex trauma.
  — Laura Bradley, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
• Voice 1: Everybody was trying to get people’s attention, like, hey, here comes the wave, and then the first one kind of slapped against the door.
  — Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2024
• Sure, driving to Key West from Los Angeles is a bit out of the ordinary, but hey, why not?
  — Geoffrey Morrison, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
• And hey, at least the Queen knows how to use Zoom, right?
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2020
• And hey, who knows what the new year will bring, right?
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 31 Oct. 2020
• But hey, the Jazz thought clean and simple was the way to go.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 July 2022
• At the same time there were trolls that said, hey, this was me.
  — CBS News, 14 July 2024
• But, hey, never let facts get in the way of a hot take.
  — Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Sep. 2020
• And hey, what a bonus, the guy who made those songs was singing along to them with you.
  — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Oct. 2022
• Sliders are down and in, so hey, lay off the ball down.
  — New York Times, 22 Nov. 2021
• And hey, as Meat Loaf once sang, two out of three ain't bad.
  — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 4 Dec. 2021
• Sounds like the wrong pop diva, but, hey — a hit's a hit.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 1 Feb. 2023
• But hey, be part of the team and come out for drinks to say goodbye to Nicole.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2021
• But hey, what are the odds of finding that one glitch in the system?
  — Bradford William Davis, courant.com, 11 Oct. 2020
• But, hey, as hard as the work promises to be, this should be fun.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 27 Jan. 2022
• So when Trey comes in it’s like, ‘Oh, hey, here comes Trey.
  — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Aug. 2021
• And, hey, Murray is the only one of those three to win the Rookie of the Year.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 21 Sep. 2020
• And, hey, there’s Chubb and Hunt, both in the league’s Top 8 runners through two weeks.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 23 Sep. 2020
• But, hey, this is the NFL, where the oddest of things can happen.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2021
• The result had a bit of an oily sheen, but hey, dewy skin is in right now.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2024
• And hey — good thing there won’t be any winnings to be taxed on.
  — Vulture, 28 Aug. 2023
• And hey, maybe this is the perfect excuse not to cook at all.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 28 Oct. 2020
• The app can tell you, hey, go to this bathroom, this is the shortest wait time.
  — Jerry Beach, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
• Like, hey, the movies and TV are supposed to be doing most of this work.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2022
• But hey, there's always the chance C.J. Stroud's arm gets too tired to throw for 400 yards.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 2022
• And hey, these studs are going to give you some early-2000s retro style points.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 2 Dec. 2022
• But hey, isn’t that part of the fun with Champagne Papi?
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 16 June 2022
• That's a tough -- that's a tough number to – to – to make the case that, hey, happy days are here again.
  — ABC News, 5 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024