| 1H4 V.iv.14 | [Lancaster to all] We breathe too long |
| 1H4 V.iv.46 | [King Henry to Prince Hal] Stay and breathe a while |
| 3H6 I.ii.13 | [Edward to York] By giving the house of Lancaster leave to breathe, / It will outrun you |
| 3H6 I.iv.108 | [Queen to her followers, of York] whilst we breathe, take time to do him dead |
| 3H6 II.iii.2 | [Warwick alone] I lay me down a little while to breathe |
| 3H6 II.vi.31 | [Edward to all] Now breathe we, lords |
| 3H6 V.iii.16 | [Richard to Edward, of the Queen] If she have time to breathe ... / Her faction will be full as strong as ours |
| Cor I.vi.1 | [Cominius to Soldiers] Breathe you, my friends |
| E3 III.iv.16 | [King Edward to Audley] here a season let us breathe ourselves |
| E3 V.i.239 | [King Edward to all] after we have breathed / A day or two within this haven town |
| KJ III.ii.4 | [Bastard alone, of King Philip] Austria's head lie there, / While Philip breathes |
| TS I.i.8 | [Lucentio to Tranio] Here let us breathe |