| 1H6 IV.vii.77 | [Lucy to all] Is Talbot slain, the Frenchmen's only scourge |
| 2H4 II.i.142 | [Falstaff to Hostess] Glasses, glasses, is the only drinking [i.e. the only fashionable way to drink] |
| Ham III.ii.134 | [Hamlet to Ophelia] your only jig-maker [i.e. your champion jester] |
| TNK II.i.30 | [Gaoler to Gaoler's Daughter, of Palamon and Arcite] I heard them reported in the battle to be the only doers [i.e. the only ones worth mentioning] |