| Cor II.ii.117 | [Cominius to all, of Coriolanus] he did / Run reeking o'er the lives of men [i.e. streaming with blood] |
| Cym I.iii.2 | [First Lord to Cloten] the violence of action hath made you reek as a sacrifice |
| H5 IV.iii.101 | [King Henry to Montjoy, of English soldiers that might die in battle] the sun shall greet them, / And draw their honours reeking up to heaven |
| JC III.i.158 | [Antony to all] whilst your purpled hands do reek and smoke |
| LLL IV.iii.138 | [King to Longaville and Dumaine] I ... / Saw sighs reek from you |
| Luc.1377 | [of a painting of Troy] The red blood reeked to show the painter's strife |
| Sonn.130.8 | [] in some perfumes is there more delight, / Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks |