| 1H6 II.iv.76 | [Richard to Somerset] I scorn thee and thy fashion, peevish boy |
| 1H6 III.i.92 | [Gloucester to Servingmen] leave this peevish broil |
| 1H6 V.iii.186 | [Margaret to Suffolk, after kissing him] I will not so presume / To send such peevish tokens to a king |
| 3H6 V.vi.18 | [Richard to King, of Daedalus] what a peevish fool was that of Crete |
| AYL III.v.110 | [Phebe to Silvius, of Rosalind as Ganymede] 'Tis but a peevish boy |
| CE IV.i.94 | [Antipholus of Ephesus to Dromio of Syracuse] thou peevish sheep |
| CE IV.iv.112 | [Adriana to Officer] What wilt thou do, thou peevish officer? |
| H5 III.vii.129 | [Orleans to Constable] What a wretched and peevish fellow is this King of England |
| JC V.i.61 | [Cassius to and of Octavius] A peevish schoolboy |
| MW I.iv.13 | [Mistress Quickly to herself, of Rugby] he is given to prayer. He is something peevish that way |
| Oth II.iii.179 | [Iago to Othello] I cannot speak / Any beginning to this peevish odds |
| Oth IV.iii.88 | [Emilia to Desdemona, of husbands] break out in peevish jealousies |
| R3 I.iii.193 | [Queen Margaret to all, of her woes and Rutland] Should all but answer for that peevish brat? |
| R3 IV.ii.96 | [King Richard to himself, or ignoring Buckingham] When Richmond was a little peevish boy |
| TC V.iii.16 | [Cassandra to Hector] The gods are deaf to hot and peevish vows |
| TN I.v.290 | [Olivia to Malvolio, of Viola as Cesario] Run after that same peevish messenger |