| 1H4 III.i.42 | [Glendower to Hotspur] the sea / That chides the banks of England, Scotland, Wales |
| 2H6 III.ii.83 | [Queen to King, of her journey to England] twice by awkward wind from England's bank / Drove back again |
| Mac I.vii.6 | [Macbeth alone] here, upon this bank and shoal of time [unclear meaning] |
| MV V.i.11 | [Lorenzo to Jessica] In such a night / Stood Dido with a willow in her hand / Upon the wild sea banks |
| Sonn.56.11 | [of the ocean] where two contracted new / Come daily to the banks |
| Tem I.ii.390 | [Ferdinand to himself] Sitting on a bank, / Weeping again the King my father's wrack [or: sense 2] |
| TNK I.i.212 | [Theseus to Artesius] at the banks of Aulis meet us |