| 2H6 III.iii.31 | [King to Warwick] Forbear to judge |
| 2H6 IV.vii.71 | [Say to rebels] You cannot but forbear to murder me |
| 2H6 IV.x.52 | [Iden to Cade] Let this my sword report what speech forbears [i.e. what words refuse to say] |
| AC I.ii.122.2 | [Antony to Messenger] Forbear me |
| AC II.vii.39.2 | [Pompey to Menas] Forbear me till anon |
| AC II.vii.96.2 | [Caesar to Antony, of drinking more] I could well forbear't |
| AYL II.vii.128 | [Orlando to all] but forbear your food a little while |
| Cym III.v.39 | [Queen to Cymbeline, of Innogen] Forbear sharp speeches to her |
| Cym IV.ii.278 | [Guiderius singing, as if to dead Innogen] Ghost unlaid forbear thee! |
| Ham V.i.269 | [Gertrude to all, of Hamlet] For love of God, forbear him |
| KL I.ii.158 | [Edmund to Edgar, of Gloucester] forbear his presence |
| Sonn.41.9 | []yet thou mightst my seat forbear |
| TN III.ii.77 | [Maria to Sir Toby, of Malvolio] I can hardly forbear hurling things at him |
| Ven.526 | [] No fisher but the ungrown fry forbears |