| CE II.i.97 | [Adriana to Luciana, of her husband] Then is he the ground / Of my defeatures |
| E3 II.i.58 | [King Edward alone, of the Countess] see / Herself the ground of my infirmity |
| Per V.i.25 | [Lysimachus to Helicanus, of Pericles] Upon what ground is his distemperature? |
| R3 I.iii.68 | [Queen Elizabeth to Richard, of King Edward] that he may learn the ground [i.e. of Richard's hatred] |
| Tit II.i.70 | [Aaron to Demetrius and Chiron, of their quarrel] should the Empress know / This discord's ground, the music would not please [also: sense 10] |
| TN V.i.73 | [Antonio to Orsino] I confess, on base and ground enough, / [myself to be] Orsino's enemy |
| WT II.i.159 | [Lord to Leontes, in response to Leontes' 'Lack I credit?'] I had rather you did lack than I, my lord, / Upon this ground |