| 1H6 IV.i.37 | [Talbot to all, of Knights of the Garter] Not fearing death nor shrinking for distress |
| AYL II.i.9 | [Duke Senior to all] Even till I shrink with cold |
| R2 II.ii.32 | [Queen Isabel to Bushy, of her sadness] Makes me with heavy nothing faint and shrink |
| TC III.iii.141 | [Ulysses to Achilles, of Ajax] As if his foot were on brave Hector's breast, / And great Troy shrinking [F; Q shriking] |