| 2H4 I.i.158 | [Northumberland to Morton] let one spirit of the first-born Cain / Reign in all bosoms |
| 2H4 I.iii.13 | [Hastings to Archbishop, of Northumberland] whose bosom burns / With an incensed fire of injuries |
| AW I.iii.121 | [Countess to Steward, of Helena's thoughts] Stall this in your bosom |
| AW III.i.8 | [Duke to Lords] we marvel much our cousin France / Would ... shut his bosom / Against our borrowing prayers |
| H5 II.chorus.21 | [Chorus, of the traitors] a nest of hollow bosoms [also: empty pockets] |
| H5 V.ii.346 | [French King to King Henry, of the treaty between France and England] this dear conjunction / Plant neighbourhood ... / In their sweet bosoms |
| H8 II.iv.182 | [King Henry to all] This respite shook / The bosom of my conscience |
| JC II.i.305 | [Brutus to Portia] by and by thy bosom shall partake / The secrets of my heart |
| KJ IV.i.32 | [Hubert to himself, of Arthur] His words do take possession of my bosom |
| KJ IV.ii.254 | [Hubert to King John] Within this bosom never entered yet / The dreadful motion of a murderous thought |
| KJ V.ii.41 | [Lewis the Dauphin to Salisbury, of his wish for peace] great affections wrestling in thy bosom / Doth make an earthquake of nobility |
| LC.254 | []The broken bosoms that to me belong / Have emptied all their fountains in my well |
| Luc.1342 | []But they whose guilt within their bosoms lie / Imagine every eye beholds their blame |
| Mac II.i.28 | [Banquo to Macbeth] So I ... still keep / My bosom franchised and allegiance clear |
| Mac V.iii.44 | [Macbeth to Doctor] Canst thou not ... / Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff / Which weighs upon the heart? |
| MM V.i.10 | [Duke to Angelo, of Angelo's deserving] To lock it in the wards of covert bosom |
| MV IV.i.31 | [Duke to Shylock, of Antonio's losses] Enow to ... pluck commiseration of his state / From brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flint |
| Oth IV.ii.13 | [Emilia to Othello, of his way of thinking] it doth abuse your bosom |
| RJ V.i.3 | [Romeo alone] My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne |
| Sonn.120.12 | [] The humble salve, which wounded bosoms fits |
| Sonn.133.9 | [] Prison my heart in thy steel bosom's ward |
| Sonn.31.1 | [] Thy bosom is endeared with all hearts / Which I by lacking have supposed dead |
| Tim V.i.95 | [Timon to Poet and Painter, of a knave] you ... / Keep [him] in your bosom |
| TN I.v.215 | [Viola as Cesario to Olivia, responding to 'Where lies your text?'] In Orsino's bosom |
| TN II.i.35 | [Sebastian to Antonio] my bosom is full of kindness |