| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.2 | in a more comfortable sort. If my son were my husband, | in a more comfortable sort: If my Sonne were my Husband, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.233 | 'Tis so. And as wars in some sort | 'Tis so, and as warres in some sort |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.70 | Raised only that the weaker sort may wish | Rais'd onely, that the weaker sort may wish |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.109 | Well may it sort that this portentous figure | |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.116 | As it is common for the younger sort | As it is common for the yonger sort |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.267 | No such matter. I will not sort you with the rest | No such matter. I will not sort you with the rest |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.68 | Well, Hal, well! And in some sort it jumps | Well Hal, well: and in some sort it iumpes |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.200 | Falls upon thee in a more fairer sort, | Falles vpon thee, in a more Fayrer sort. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.18 | That must strike sail to spirits of vile sort! | That must strike saile, to Spirits of vilde sort? |
| Henry V | H5 II.iii.34 | 'A did in some sort, indeed, handle women; but | A did in some sort (indeed) handle Women: but |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.72 | To sort our nobles from our common men. | To sort our Nobles from our common men. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.133 | great sort, quite from the answer of his degree. | great sort quite from the answer of his degree. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.74 | What prisoners of good sort are taken, uncle? | What Prisoners of good sort are taken, Vnckle? |
| Henry V | H5 V.chorus.25 | The Mayor and all his brethren in best sort, | The Maior and all his Brethren in best sort, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.26 | I'll sort some other time to visit you. | Ile sort some other time to visit you. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.123 | Choked with ambition of the meaner sort; | Choakt with Ambition of the meaner sort. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.4 | Talk like the vulgar sort of market-men | Talke like the vulgar sort of Market men, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.39 | He then that is not furnished in this sort | He then, that is not furnish'd in this sort, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.107 | Sort how it will, I shall have gold for all. | Sort how it will, I shall haue Gold for all. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.162 | A sort of naughty persons, lewdly bent, | A sort of naughtie persons, lewdly bent, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.68 | I pray thee sort thy heart to patience; | I pray thee sort thy heart to patience, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.277 | Sent from a sort of tinkers to the King. | Sent from a sort of Tinkers to the King. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.97 | Or any he the proudest of thy sort. | Or any he, the proudest of thy sort. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.ii.28 | Why, then, let's on our way in silent sort; | Why then, let's on our way in silent sort, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.87 | Now march we hence; discharge the common sort | Now march we hence, discharge the common sort |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.85 | But I will sort a pitchy day for thee; | But I will sort a pitchy day for thee: |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.57 | Assemble all the poor men of your sort; | Assemble all the poore men of your sort; |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.204 | Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort | Seldome he smiles, and smiles in such a sort |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.283 | But, as it were, in sort or limitation, | But as it were in sort, or limitation? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.582 | their mind in some other sort. | their minde in some other sort. Exit Cu. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.26 | Indeed, it does stink in some sort, sir, but yet, | Indeed, it do's stinke in some sort, Sir: / But yet |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iv.15 | Give notice to such men of sort and suit | giue notice to such men of sort and suite |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.88 | There are a sort of men whose visages | There are a sort of men, whose visages |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.98 | by some other sort than your father's imposition, | by some other sort then your Fathers imposition, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.132 | But God sort all! You are welcome home, my lord. | But God sort all: you are welcome home my Lord. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.97 | Sir, he doth in some sort confess it. | Sir, he doth in some sort confesse it. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.71 | any such sort, as they say, but in the way of honesty – | any such sort, as they say) but in the way of honesty: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.13 | The shallowest thickskin of that barren sort, | The shallowest thick-skin of that barren sort, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.21 | Or russet-pated choughs, many in sort, | Or russed-pated choughes, many in sort |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.159 | With your derision. None of noble sort | With your derision; none of noble sort, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.352 | And so far am I glad it so did sort, | And so farre am I glad, it so did sort, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.388 | But we are spirits of another sort. | But we are spirits of another sort: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.7 | But few of any sort, and none of name. | But few of any sort, and none of name. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.31 | none such in the army of any sort. | none such in the armie of any sort. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.238 | And if it sort not well, you may conceal her, | And if it sort not well, you may conceale her, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.7 | Well, I am glad that all things sort so well. | Well, I am glad that all things sort so well. |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.92 | inclination of the people, especially of the younger sort? | inclination of the people, especially of the yonger sort? |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.245 | But they can see a sort of traitors here. | But they can see a sort of Traytors here. |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.11 | For no thought is contented; the better sort, | For no thought is contented. The better sort, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.148 | For by the way I'll sort occasion, | For by the way, Ile sort occasion, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.36 | All may be well; but if God sort it so, | All may be well; but if God sort it so, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.317 | A sort of vagabonds, rascals, and runaways, | A sort of Vagabonds, Rascals, and Run-awayes, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.34 | To help me sort such needful ornaments | To helpe me sort such needfull ornaments, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.65 | To teach you gamut in a briefer sort, | To teach you gamoth in a briefer sort, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.105 | I wore it? I mean, in a sort. | I wore it? I meane in a sort. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.106 | That ‘ sort ’ was well fished for. | That sort was well fish'd for. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.146 | You do look, my son, in a moved sort, | You doe looke (my son) in a mou'd sort, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.186 | And in some sort these wants of mine are crowned, | And in some sort these wants of mine are crown'd, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.77 | I have heard in some sort of thy miseries. | I haue heard in some sort of thy Miseries. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.233 | With voices and applause of every sort, | With Voyces and applause of euery sort, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.39 | Yet in some sort they are better than the tribunes, | Yet in some sort they are better then the Tribunes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.189 | But I'll deceive you in another sort, | But Ile deceiue you in another sort, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.376 | The sort to fight with Hector; among ourselves | The sort to fight with Hector: Among our selues, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.24 | No man alive can love in such a sort | No man aliue can loue in such a sort, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.35 | yet, in a sort, lechery eats itself. I'll seek them. | yet in a sort, lecherie eates it selfe: Ile seeke them. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.5 | In beastly sort, dragged through the shameful field. | In beastly sort, drag'd through the shamefull Field. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.92 | To sort some gentlemen well-skilled in music. | To sort some Gentlemen, well skil'd in Musicke. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.19.1 | If he say true – of his sort. | (If he say true,) of his sort. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.808 | In some sort, sir: but though my case be a pitiful | In some sort, Sir: but though my case be a pittifull |