| AW I.i.142 | [Parolles to Helena] virginity is peevish |
| E3 II.i.23 | [Lodowick alone, of King Edward's infatuation] I fear 'twill prove / A ling'ring English siege of peevish love |
| Ham I.ii.100 | [Claudius to Hamlet, of his father's death] Why should we in our peevish opposition / Take it to heart? |
| KJ II.i.402 | [Bastard to King Philip, of Angiers] Being wronged as we are by this peevish town |
| Per IV.vi.120 | [Boult to Marina] your peevish chastity |
| R3 III.i.31 | [Buckingham to Hastings, of Queen Elizabeth] what an indirect and peevish course / Is this of hers! |
| RJ IV.ii.14 | [Capulet to Nurse, of Juliet] A peevish self-willed harlotry it is |
| TG III.i.68 | [Duke to Valentine, of Silvia] she is peevish, sullen, froward |
| TG V.ii.49 | [Thurio to all, of Silvia] this it is to be a peevish girl |