| 1H4 I.iii.167 | [Hotspur to Northumberland and Worcester] the line and the predicament / Wherein you range under this subtle King! |
| 2H6 II.i.103 | [Gloucester to all, of Simpcox] A subtle knave! |
| 2H6 V.i.191 | [Queen to all] A subtle traitor needs no sophister |
| MW III.i.93 | [Host to Caius and Evans] Am I subtle? |
| TC IV.iv.86 | [Troilus to Cressida] I cannot ... play at subtle games |
| Tem II.i.47 | [Sebastian to Antonio, of the wench Temperance being delicate] and a subtle |
| TG IV.ii.92 | [Silvia to Proteus] Thou subtle, perjured, false, disloyal man |
| Tit I.i.395 | [Marcus to Titus] How comes it that the subtle Queen of Goths / Is of a sudden thus advanced in Rome? |
| TN I.v.286 | [Olivia alone, of Viola as Cesario] I feel this youth's perfections, / With an invisible and subtle stealth, / To creep in at mine eyes |