| 1H4 II.iii.45 | [Lady Percy to Hotspur] Why dost thou ... start so often when thou sittest alone? |
| 2H6 II.iv.35 | [Duchess to Gloucester] The ruthless flint doth cut my tender feet, / And when I start, the envious people laugh |
| 2H6 IV.i.32 | [Whitmore to Suffolk] Why starts thou? |
| AW I.iii.137 | [Countess to Helena] What's in 'mother' / That you start at it? |
| H8 III.ii.113 | [Norfolk to King Henry, of Wolsey] he bites his lip, and starts |
| Luc.1639 | [Lucrece to Collatine] With this I did begin to start and cry |
| Mac I.iii.50 | [Banquo to Macbeth, on seeing the Witches] why do you start, and seem to fear |
| Mac V.ii.23 | [Menteth to all, of Macbeth] Who then shall blame / His pestered senses to recoil and start |
| MW V.v.86 | [Mistress Quickly as Queen of Fairies to all, of Falstaff being affected by flame] if he start, / It is the flesh of a corrupted heart |
| R3 II.i.82.1 | [stage direction] They all start |
| R3 III.v.7 | [Buckingham to Richard] I can ... / Tremble and start at wagging of a straw |
| RJ I.iv.86 | [Mercutio to Romeo, of Queen Mab visiting a soldier] then anon / Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes |
| Tem IV.i.139.3 | [stage direction] Prospero starts suddenly |
| WT V.iii.104 | [Paulina to Leontes] Start not |