Examples of hey presto in a Sentence
A wave of the hand and, hey presto, it's gone!
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The production’s finest, most perfectly farcical moment ensues—a bit of purely theatrical silliness—and hey presto!
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
And hey presto: your single original chunk of data can turn into thousands, or millions of similar, but slightly different training scenarios, all generated using advanced physics and materials simulators.
—New Atlas, 7 Jan. 2025
In the chaos, Joe slips Simon's ear into Dawn's bag, and hey presto, framing accomplished!
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2023
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
And hey presto: your single original chunk of data can turn into thousands, or millions of similar, but slightly different training scenarios, all generated using advanced physics and materials simulators.
—New Atlas, 7 Jan. 2025
In the chaos, Joe slips Simon's ear into Dawn's bag, and hey presto, framing accomplished!
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2023
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“Hey presto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hey%20presto. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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