| Ham I.ii.85 | [Hamlet to Gertrude] But I have that within which passes show |
| LLL IV.iii.239 | [Berowne to King, of Rosaline] She passes praise |
| MW I.i.165 | [Bardolph to Slender] conclusions passed the careers |
| MW I.i.277 | [Slender to Anne, of a bear] the women have so cried and shrieked at it, that it passed [i.e. surpassed all belief] |
| MW IV.ii.115 | [Page to Ford, of Ford's behaviour] Why, this passes [i.e. surpasses all belief] |
| RJ I.i.236 | [Romeo to Benvolio, of a 'passing fair' mistress] What doth her beauty serve but as a note / Where I may read who passed that passing fair? |
| TC I.ii.168 | [Pandarus to Cressida, of Troilus' reply to Helen] Helen so blushed, and Paris so chafed, and all the rest so laughed, that it passed [i.e. surpassed all description] |
| Tim I.i.12.1 | [Merchant to Jeweller, of Timon] He passes |
| TS I.i.125 | [Hortensio to Gremio, of Katherina] Though it pass your patience and mine to endure her loud alarums |