| H8 V.i.172 | [Old Lady alone, of the money she has been offered] An ordinary groom is for such payment |
| H8 V.iii.144 | [King Henry to all, of Cranmer] I gave ye / Power as he was a Councillor to try him, / Not as a groom |
| Luc.1013 | [Lucrece to herself] Poor grooms are sightless night, kings glorious day |
| Luc.1632 | [Lucrece to Collatine, of Tarquin's words] some hard-favoured groom of thine ... / I'll murder straight |
| Luc.671 | [Tarquin to Lucrece] despitefully I mean to bear thee / Unto the base bed of some rascal groom |
| Mac II.ii.5 | [Lady Macbeth alone] the surfeited grooms / Do mock their charge with snores |
| Mac II.ii.50.1 | [Lady Macbeth to Macbeth] smear / The sleepy grooms with blood |
| Mac II.ii.56 | [Lady Macbeth to Macbeth] I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal [i.e. with blood] |
| Tit IV.ii.163 | [Aaron to Demetrius and Chiron, of burying the dead Nurse] The fields are near, and you are gallant grooms |
| TS III.ii.151 | [Gremio to Tranio as Lucentio, of Petruchio] 'Tis a groom indeed, / A grumbling groom [also: sense 3] |