| 2H4 IV.i.65 | [Archbishop to Westmorland] To ... purge th'obstructions which begin to stop / Our very veins of life |
| AC III.xiii.181 | [Antony to Cleopatra] I'll ... send to darkness all that stop me |
| KJ II.i.562 | [Bastard alone] John, to stop Arthur's title in the whole, / Hath willingly departed with a part |
| Sonn.44.2 | [] If the dull substance of my flesh were thought, / Injurious distance should not stop my way |