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How to use hey in a sentence

40 example sentences · interjection, verb, noun

Hey means an exclamation to get attention. Example: “Hey, look at this!”

Examples of hey by meaning

interjectionAn exclamation to get attention.

  • Hey, look at this!

interjectionA protest or reprimand.

  • Hey! Stop that!

interjectionAn expression of surprise.

  • Hey! This is new!

interjectionAn informal greeting, similar to hi.

  • Hey! How's it going?

interjectionA request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion.

  • Hey? How's that?

interjectionUsed as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has...

  • "Who 's a cur - now - hey?"1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page vi. 54

interjectionA meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics.

  • The chorus is "nana na na, nana na na hey hey hey, goodbye".

More sentences with hey

  • Hey, girl, I haven't seen you since last week! Where you been?From the entry girl
  • Hey, did you mean to leave the airs on all week while you were on vacation?From the entry air
  • Hey, Homer, get a load of the gams on that filly!From the entry filly
  • Hey, get that away from me! It was bought with tainted money.From the entry tainted
  • Hey, don't get bent out of shape over it; I was just funning you.From the entry fun
  • Hey, fighter boy, our radar's putting out enough energy to launch your seat from this distance!From the entry seat
  • Hey, sport! You've gotten so big since I saw you last! Give me five.From the entry sport
  • Hey, pass the aux. I'll play some music from my phone.From the entry aux
  • Hey, I get it — interpersonal diplomacy can be challenging. But we must at least try.From the entry get it
  • Hey, guess what? There's a country called Brazil! –You don't say.From the entry you don't say
  • If you take the next left, you’ll see a big shop and hey presto, you’re there.From the entry hey presto
  • Hey. No reason for you to cop a ’tude on me just because she dumped you.From the entry 'tude
  • Hey man, I want some weed. —I'll sort you out, mate.From the entry sort out
  • Hey now sleepyhead, it's time for you to go to bed.From the entry sleepyhead
  • Hey, thanks for the drink, but if this is a pickup, I'm not interested.From the entry pickup
  • Hey, watch it with the extended vocabulary — there are children here.From the entry extended vocabulary
  • Hey, Ethel, you know it's your turn to deworm the cat?From the entry deworm
  • Hey, if you guys get the munchies, there's helluv candy in the cupboard.From the entry helluv
  • Hey son, man up, okay? There will be time for tears later.From the entry man up
  • Hey, Mister magenta-shirt over there looks a lot like your cousin Bill.From the entry mister
  • Hey man, did you finish that transaction with my cousin? You do right by him?From the entry do right by
  • Hey! Stop throwing stones at the swans! What on earth do you think you're playing at?From the entry play at
  • Hey, hand me the whatitsname, will you? I need to tighten the doodah on this thingummybob.From the entry whatsitsname
  • Hey, what's the big idea, you telling everybody I'd left town?From the entry what's the big idea
  • Hey, watch where you're throwing that thing! You could've poked Jeff's eye out.From the entry poke someone's eye out
  • "Hey, do you know what bofa is?" "What's bofa?" "Bofa deez nuts in your mouth!"From the entry bofa
  • Hey, you're in my place! You know I always sit here!From the entry one's place
  • Hey baby, what are you doing later?From the entry baby
  • Hey guys, let’s check to make sure that we proofread.From the entry let's
  • Hey, you've got a bottle opener on your keychain, right? Would you pop this open for me please?From the entry pop
  • Hey dude, can I crash at your pad?From the entry crash
  • Hey, when are we gonna get that hotel gig again?From the entry gig
  • Hey, babe, how's about you and me getting together?From the entry babe

Meaning of hey

  1. interjection An exclamation to get attention.
  2. interjection A protest or reprimand.
  3. interjection An expression of surprise.

Full definition of hey

Questions about hey in a sentence

How do you use hey in a sentence?
Hey is used as an interjection, verb and noun. For example: “Hey, look at this!”
What is a short sentence with hey?
“Hey! Stop that!”
What does hey mean?
Hey means an exclamation to get attention.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hey (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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