Wondering how to use Hey in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Hey in a sentence
Related words
Hey meaning
- An exclamation to get attention.
- A protest or reprimand.
- An expression of surprise.
Using Hey
- The main meaning on this page is: An exclamation to get attention. | A protest or reprimand. | An expression of surprise.
- In the example corpus, hey often appears in combinations such as: hey hey, but hey, and hey.
Context around Hey
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 1 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hey
- In this selection, "hey" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, circular, alder, double, children, creative and google stand out and add context to how "hey" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include on hey hey it s and 1999 hit hey boy hey. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hey" sits close to words such as default, derby and swedish, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hey
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hey, hey, calm down. (4 words)
Hey hey hey Old Fat Albert is a convicted rapist! (10 words)
Was Hey Hey It's Saturday really so tired, really that corny? (12 words)
That hashtag jumped off the screen and emerged into our real lives, reminding us that when we women are walking down the street, “Hey Ma” and “Hey can I talk to you for a second?” are not our names. (39 words)
Erica Jayne Carlson, 42, gained internet notoriety as footage went viral of her being escorted off the aircraft by five police officers in January while those still seated laughed and mockingly sung 'Na Na, Hey, Hey, Goodbye'. (37 words)
The album featured one of Young's most popular tracks "Hey, Hey, My, My (Into the Black)" and a double LP recording from the tour called was released the same year, reaching No. 15 on the charts. (37 words)
Was Hey Hey It's Saturday really so tired, really that corny? (12 words)
Hey hey hey Old Fat Albert is a convicted rapist! (10 words)
You remember when he took office the first time, he started working on infrastructure with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi until the other Republicans said, “hey, hey – we don’t do that! (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Bookending the album with essentially the same song (“My My, Hey Hey” and “Hey Hey, My My”) played in two drastically different versions was a clever gambit.
In early dances, where the hey is called a "double hey", it works to interpret this as an oval hey, like the modern circular hey but adapted to the straight sides of a longways formation.
Hey hey hey Old Fat Albert is a convicted rapist!
While Katy may have skipped on the cape element of this look, she certainly took inspo from Gaga's blonde beehive look for her 'Hey Hey Hey' music video.
Hey - a weaving figure in which two groups of dancers move in single file and in opposite directions (see circular hey and straight hey).
An apocalyptic frame parodies free-to-air TV, from the glossy, whiter-than-white “ordinariness” of morning news hosts to a piss-take of the Red Faces segment on Hey Hey It’s Judgement Day.
A spokesperson for Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust said: ‘Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation is extremely sorry for the communication failures which led to Eva’s death.
Erica Jayne Carlson, 42, gained internet notoriety as footage went viral of her being escorted off the aircraft by five police officers in January while those still seated laughed and mockingly sung 'Na Na, Hey, Hey, Goodbye'.
Hey, hey, calm down.
Dominic Gibbons (left), chair of HEY Creative and managing director of Wykeland Group and Max May HEY creative chief officer.
The album featured one of Young's most popular tracks "Hey, Hey, My, My (Into the Black)" and a double LP recording from the tour called was released the same year, reaching No. 15 on the charts.
The voice behind Hey Hey It's Saturday character Dickie Knee, radio and television personality John Blackman, has died.
You remember when he took office the first time, he started working on infrastructure with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi until the other Republicans said, “hey, hey – we don’t do that!
Almost an hour in, they dropped their 1999 hit Hey Boy Hey Girl, and the crowd went wild.
Darryl Somers, Ossie Ostrich & Molly Meldrum on Hey Hey It's Saturday in 1988.
Just say “Hey Google, call kitchen” to call a Home or Nest speaker in the kitchen, or “Hey Google, call Joe Turner” to dial one of your Google contacts (with help from Google Duo).
Was Hey Hey It's Saturday really so tired, really that corny?
I mean I actually would have made the same choice but, hey hey, put down the ray gun.
Many younger people at the rally chanted "Hey-Ho, Hey-Ho, the NRA has got to go," directing their anger at the National Rifle Association.
That hashtag jumped off the screen and emerged into our real lives, reminding us that when we women are walking down the street, “Hey Ma” and “Hey can I talk to you for a second?” are not our names.
Common combinations with hey
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- hey hey 32×
- but hey 22×
- and hey 10×
- hey it 10×
- alder hey 10×
- like hey 10×
- said hey 9×
- say hey 8×
- hey there 6×
- hey if 5×