| 3H6 IV.viii.58 | [Edward to all] towards Coventry bend we our course |
| 3H6 V.i.87 | [George to Warwick, of himself] Why, trowest thou ... / That Clarence is so harsh ... / To bend the fatal instruments of war / Against his brother and his lawful king |
| Cor I.ii.16 | [Aufidius to all, reading a letter about the Roman leaders] These three lead on this preparation / Whither 'tis bent |
| Ham III.iv.118 | [Gertrude to Hamlet] you do bend your eye on vacancy |
| JC II.iii.5 | [Artemidorus alone, reading his letter to Caesar, of the conspirators] There is but one mind in all these men, and it is bent against Caesar |
| JC IV.iii.168 | [Brutus to Messala, of Octavius and Antony] Come down upon us with a mighty power, / Bending their expedition toward Philippi |
| KJ II.i.37 | [King Philip to all] Our cannon shall be bent / Against the brows of this resisting town |
| KJ II.i.379 | [Bastard to King John and King Philip, of Angiers] both conjointly bend / Your sharpest deeds of malice on this town |
| KJ IV.ii.51 | [Pembroke to King John, of the lords thinking of the King's safety] for the which myself and them / Bend their best studies |
| KL II.i.45 | [Edmund to Gloucester] the revenging gods / 'Gainst parricides did all the thunder bend |
| KL IV.ii.74 | [Messenger to Albany, of Cornwall's servant] bending his sword / To his great master |
| LLL IV.ii.116 | [Nathaniel reading Berowne's letter to Rosaline, of Jove's thunder] Which, not to anger bent, is music and sweet fire |
| MM I.i.40 | [Duke to Angelo] I do bend my speech / To one that can my part in him advertise |
| Per II.v.47 | [Pericles to Simonides, of Thaisa] [I] ... bent all offices to honour her |
| R3 I.ii.95 | [Anne to Richard, of his sword and Queen Margaret] The which thou once didst bend against her breast |
| R3 IV.v.17 | [Urswick to Derby, of Richmond's supporters] towards London do they bend their power |
| Sonn.143.6 | [of a housewife's baby] Cries to catch her whose busy care is bent / To follow that which flies before her face |
| TC III.iii.43 | [Ulysses to all, of Achilles] 'tis like he'll question me / Why such unplausive eyes are bent |
| TC IV.iv.138 | [Troilus to Cressida] To our own selves bend we our needful talk |
| TNK III.i.30.2.1 | [stage direction] Palamon ... bends his fist at Arcite [i.e. shakes his fist] |
| TS I.i.176 | [Tranio to Lucentio, of Bianca] Bend thoughts and wits to achieve her |
| Ven.618 | [Venus to Adonis, of a boar] Like to a mortal butcher bent to kill |