| 2H4 II.ii.6 | [Prince Henry to Poins] Doth it not show vilely in me to desire small beer? |
| AC III.iii.20 | [Messenger to Cleopatra, of Octavia] She shows a body rather than a life |
| Cor IV.vi.116.1 | [Cominius to Menenius, of Coriolanus] his best friends, ... therein showed like enemies |
| KL I.iv.240 | [Gonerill to Lear] this our court ... / Shows like a riotous inn |
| KL IV.vi.14 | [disguised Edgar to Gloucester] The crows and choughs ... / Show scarce so gross as beetles |
| RJ I.v.48 | [Romeo to himself, of Juliet] So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows |
| TG II.vii.48 | [Julia to Lucetta] To be fantastic may become a youth / Of greater time than I shall show to be |
| Tim I.ii.132 | [Apemantus to himself, of the masque] Like madness is the glory of this life / As this pomp shows to a little oil and root [i.e. compared to my poor meal] |
| TNK III.vi.25 | [Arcite to Palamon] Defy me in these fair terms, and you show / More than a mistress to me |
| TNK IV.ii.136 | [Messenger to Theseus, of one of the knights] when he smiles / He shows a lover |
| TNK IV.ii.144 | [Hippolyta to Theseus, of the knights] They would show / Bravely about the titles of two kingdoms [i.e. if they were fighting about the rights to kingdoms] |
| TNK V.i.20 | [Palamon to Arcite] were there aught in me which strove to show / Mine enemy in this business |
| Ven.366 | [of Venus holding Adonis' hand] This beauteous combat ... / Showed like two silver doves that sit a-billing |