| Cor III.i.60 | [Cominius to Menenius] nor has Coriolanus / Deserved this so dishonoured rub |
| H5 II.ii.188 | [King Henry to all] We doubt not now / But every rub is smoothed on our way |
| H5 V.ii.33 | [Burgundy to King Henry and the French King] What rub or what impediment there is |
| H8 II.i.129 | [Buckingham to all, of friends] when they once perceive / The least rub in your fortunes, fall away / Like water from ye |
| Ham III.i.65 | [Hamlet to himself] there's the rub |
| KJ III.iv.128 | [Cardinal Pandulph to Lewis the Dauphin, of the way to the English throne] the breath of what I mean to speak / Shall blow each dust, each straw, each little rub, / Out of the path |
| R2 III.iv.4 | [Queen Isabel to First Lady, of the game of bowls] 'Twill make me think the world is full of rubs |