How to Use hay in a Sentence

hay

noun
  • Fred fed the hay and his sister chopped.
    — Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Here comes the tractor pulling the hay cart.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But first, Klaren would wring some of it out for his next hay crop.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 20 Nov. 2022
  • In either case, make sure the bales are made from weed-free straw, not hay.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The guests will be seated on hay bales covered with a white cloth.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2023
  • There’s no pumpkin patches and hay rides here.
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
  • He was used in the background of group shots, sitting on hay bales.
    — Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Braun makes his hay in transition, off cuts and open spot-up jumpers.
    — Stan Son, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Fred would put the hay in and pull it back before his sister could cut it.
    — Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025
  • So, what about the go-to quick-fix feeding options like shelled corn or hay?
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The pros and amateurs will swing away, but the hay has been in the barn for a long time.
    — Brody Miller, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Dad talked about turning windrows of hay with the reverence of an artist.
    — Hazlitt, 14 Dec. 2022
  • If the Royals want to make hay in the playoff race, the time is now.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The goats rode shotgun, their seat covered in plastic and hay.
    — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Stoeber had lots of leftover twine from years of feeding his cows bales of hay.
    — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Clues like an old hay bale window hint at its previous life as a barn and garage.
    — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 9 June 2023
  • This coconut soy wax blend's has notes of honey and hay as well as heliotrope.
    — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Two local villages have built pens, filled with hay, to lure any vagrants.
    — Catherine Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The family raised hay to feed the horses.
    — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Now, along with his father, Wuest farms the 60-plus acre site for hay.
    — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • All squooshed down there into that prickly smell of hay and just that clear blue sky to look up at and think about.
    — David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The ranch gets calls almost every day from people looking to buy hay.
    — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Limited seating in the form of chairs and hay bales will be available.
    — Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • The pair appeared to be in a rural area surrounded by grass and hay bales.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Take a hay ride, watch a scary movie, visit a haunted house, or even turn your own home into one.
    — Taylor Murphy, House Beautiful, 7 June 2023
  • His white hair had not been cut for many months and hung down over his gnarled ears and forehead like a forkful of hay.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2023
  • My granddaddy always used to say to make hay while the sun's shining.
    — Sarah Sotoodeh, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • The house smells like a mix of mildew, rotted hay and septic system overflow.
    — Time, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Instead, after hay was cut, farmers raked the hay into rows of piles.
    — Helen Shriver Riley, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2023
  • The scent of hay recalls a memory of summer camp.
    — James Somers, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025

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