| 1H4 II.ii.23 | [Falstaff as if alone] I am the veriest varlet that ever chewed with a tooth |
| 1H4 IV.i.50 | [Hotspur to all, of using all their forces at once] therein should we read / The very bottom and the soul of hope, / The very list, the very utmost bound / Of all our fortunes |
| 2H4 III.ii.217 | [Bullcalf to Bardolph] In very truth, sir, I had as lief be hanged |
| 3H6 II.v.131 | [Queen to King, of Edward and Richard] With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath |
| AC III.x.7 | [Scarus to Enobarbus] The greater cantle of the world is lost / With very ignorance |
| Cym V.iii.77 | [Posthumus alone, of death] I will ... yield me to the veriest hind that shall / Once touch my shoulder |
| Cym V.iv.202 | [First Gaoler alone] there are verier knaves desire to live |
| MV III.ii.223 | [Bassanio to Portia] By your leave, / I bid my very friends and countrymen ... welcome |
| Oth IV.ii.73 | [Othello to Desdemona] I should make very forges of my cheeks |
| TC I.ii.15 | [Alexander to Cressida, of Ajax] They say he is a very man per se, / And stands alone [i.e. a man all to himself - unique] |
| TN I.iii.22 | [Maria to Sir Toby, of Sir Andrew] He's a very fool and a prodigal |
| TN V.i.55 | [Orsino to Viola as Cesario, of Antonio] very envy and the tongue of loss / Cried fame and honour on him |
| TS I.i.123 | [Gremio to Hortensio, of Katherina] Think'st thou ... any man is so very a fool to be married to hell? |
| TS induction.1.99 | [First Player to Lord, of Sly] we can contain ourselves, / Were he the veriest antic in the world |
| TS V.ii.64 | [Baptista to Petruchio, of Katherina] I think thou hast the veriest shrew of all |
| WT I.ii.66 | [Hermione to Polixenes, of Leontes and Polixenes] Was not my lord / The verier wag o'th' two? |