How to Use hey in a Sentence

  • hey, I won the lottery!
  • And this week – hey, look at that!
    Chris Brennan, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
  • But hey, that’s the art of the deal.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Strange, but, hey, no law agin’ it!
    Greg Cote updated March 20, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
  • In any case, hey, no law agin’ it.
    Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
  • But hey, that’s life in the big city, man.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Oh hey, Coach, nice to meet you.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
  • But hey, three medals in one Olympics?
    Alex Connor, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
  • But hey, the ‘90s are in style, right?
    David Betancourt, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
  • At the same time there were trolls that said, hey, this was me.
    CBS News, 14 July 2024
  • But hey, someone’s gotta do it.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • But, hey, what a story that would be.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Like hey, click here to watch the podcast.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
  • But hey, the thing keeps changing!
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2026
  • And hey, don't sleep on eating bugs.
    Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
  • But hey, curling doesn’t even have that.
    Caleb Harris, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
  • But, hey, team strikeouts are down!
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
  • But hey, at least the town church survived?
    Kelly Martinez, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Or hey, this might make a great short story….
    Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
  • There’s a trench between the—oh hey, look!
    Susan Casey, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
  • And, hey, that counts for something, right?
    Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 25 Aug. 2025
  • But hey, there's always spring, right?
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2026
  • So, the tanker captain said, hey, what the heck?
    ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • But hey, Big Pork would make big bank.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
  • So trying to still play to that, like, ‘hey, come back.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
  • But hey, who else is going to shoot your first movie for free?
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 23 June 2022
  • And hey — good thing there won’t be any winnings to be taxed on.
    Vulture, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The odds look low from here, but hey, stranger things have happened.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
  • But, hey, as hard as the work promises to be, this should be fun.
    Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 27 Jan. 2022
  • But, hey, if that works for him and them, then more power to him.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025

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