| Cor V.vi.45 | [Aufidius to First Conspirator, of Coriolanus] my sinews shall be stretched upon him |
| JC IV.i.44 | [Antony to Octavius] let our alliance be combined, / Our best friends made, our means stretched |
| KL II.ii.102 | [Cornwall to all] twenty silly-ducking observants / That stretch their duties nicely |
| Per V.i.52 | [Helicanus to Lysimachus] your kindness / We have stretched thus far |