| AYL IV.iii.34 | [Rosalind as Ganymede to Silvius, of a letter] women's gentle brain / Could not drop forth such giant rude invention |
| LLL IV.iii.236 | [Berowne to King, of praising Rosaline] Lend me the flourish of all gentle tongues |
| Mac I.vi.3.1 | [King to all] the air / Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself / Unto our gentle senses [or: sense 1] |
| R3 I.iii.162 | [Queen Margaret to Richard] Ah, gentle villain, do not turn away! |
| Sonn.113.9 | [of the mind] if it see the rud'st or gentlest sight ... it shapes them to your feature |
| Sonn.5.1 | [] Those hours that with gentle work did frame / The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell |
| Tim I.i.23 | [Poet to Painter] Our gentle flame / Provokes itself |
| TN IV.ii.32 | [Feste as Sir Topas to Malvolio] I am one of those gentle ones that will use the devil himself with courtesy |
| WT IV.iv.93 | [disguised Polixenes to Perdita] we marry / A gentler scion to the wildest stock |