| CE I.ii.66 | [Dromio of Ephesus to Antipholus of Syracuse] Methinks your maw, like mine, should be your clock |
| E3 III.i.89 | [Mariner to King John, of the French fleet] as when the empty eagle flies / To satisfy his hungry griping maw |
| H5 II.i.46 | [Pistol to Nym] The 'solus' ... in thy maw, perdy! |
| KJ V.vii.37 | [King John to all, of his burning stomach] none of you will bid the winter come / To thrust his icy fingers in my maw |
| Mac III.iv.72.1 | [Macbeth to Lady Macbeth] our monuments / Shall be the maws of kites |
| Mac IV.i.23 | [Third Witch to Witches] maw and gulf / Of the ravined salt sea shark |
| MM III.ii.20 | [disguised Duke to Pompey] think / What 'tis to cram a maw |
| RJ V.iii.45 | [Romeo as if to Juliet's tomb] Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death |
| Tim III.iv.53 | [Flavius to Servants, of their masters] they could ... take down th'interest into their glutt'nous maws |
| Ven.602 | [] poor birds, deceived with painted grapes, / Do surfeit by the eye and pine the maw |