| 2H6 III.i.145 | [Gloucester to King] Foul subornation is predominant |
| AW I.i.194 | [Parolles to Helena, of Mars] When he was predominant |
| Mac III.i.86 | [Macbeth to Murderers] Do you find / Your patience so predominant in your nature |
| RJ II.iii.25 | [Friar alone, of two kings] where the worser is predominant |
| WT I.ii.202 | [Leontes to himself, of unfaithful wives] It is a bawdy planet, that will strike / Where 'tis predominant [i.e. infidelity is like a bawdy planet] |