How do you use the word "hey" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "hey": Hey, I may have no money, but I still have my pride. Hey, look, a three-headed monkey!

Hey Meaning

/heɪ/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

intjAn exclamation to get attention.

intjA protest or reprimand.

Sentence Examples

Hey, I may have no money, but I still have my pride.

Hey, look, a three-headed monkey!

Hey, Bob. Where do you have your car washed?

CEFR Practice Quiz

____, do not go that way! It is dangerous.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

____! Be careful! You almost hit that parked car while you were backing out of the driveway.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English hey, hei, also without h- in ey, from Old English *hē, ēa (interjection), attested as first element in hēlā, ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”). Cognate with Dutch hé, hei (“hi, hey”), German hei (“hey, wow”), Danish and Swedish hej (“hello, hey”), Faroese hey (“hey, hello”), Old Norse, Icelandic and Norwegian hei (“hey”), Polish hej (“hey, hello”), Romanian hei, Russian эй (ej, “hey”); see heigh. Probably a natural expression, as may be inferred from its presence with similar meaning in many other unrelated languages: for example, Burmese ဟေး (he:), Finnish hei, Unami hè, and Mandarin 哎 (āi), and various sound-alikes as Ancient Greek εἶα (eîa) and Latin eia, eho, Sanskrit हे (he). See also hello.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

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

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