| Cor III.iii.89 | [Coriolanus to Cominius, of a possible sentence] pent to linger / But with a grain a day |
| R3 I.iv.261 | [Clarence to Murderers] pent from liberty, as I am now |
| R3 IV.i.34 | [Queen Elizabeth to all] cut my lace asunder, / That my pent heart may have some scope to beat |
| Sonn.133.13 | [] I, being pent in thee, / Perforce am thine |