| AW I.iii.164 | [Countess to Helena] 'Daughter' and 'mother' / So strive upon your pulse [i.e. both make you upset] |
| Cym II.iv.73 | [Iachimo to Posthumus, of Innogen's tapestry] it did strive / In workmanship and value [i.e. it was difficult to tell which was greater] |
| KL IV.iii.16 | [Gentleman to disguised Kent, of Cordelia] patience and sorrow strove / Who should express her goodliest |
| Ven.968 | [of Venus] Variable passions throng her constant woe, / As striving who should best become her grief |