| 2H6 III.i.18 | [Queen to King] Small curs are not regarded when they grin |
| 2H6 III.iii.24 | [Warwick to all, of the Cardinal] See how the pangs of death do make him grin! [i.e. in pain] |
| 2H6 IV.i.77 | [Lieutenant to Suffolk] thou ... / Against the senseless winds shalt grin in vain |
| 3H6 I.iv.56 | [Northumberland to Clifford] What valour were it, when a cur doth grin, / For one to thrust his hand between his teeth, / When he might spurn him with his foot away? |
| Ven.459 | [] as the wolf doth grin before he barketh |