| 2H4 IV.i.174 | [Archbishop to Westmorland] To us and to our purposes confined / We come within our awful banks again |
| 2H4 V.ii.86 | [Lord Chief Justice to King Henry V] To pluck down justice from your awful bench |
| 2H6 V.i.98 | [York to King] Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff, / And not to grace an awful princely sceptre |
| 3H6 II.i.153 | [Warwick to Richard, of the King] this strong right hand of mine / Can ... wring the awful sceptre from his fist |
| Per Chorus.II.4 | [Gower alone, of Pericles] A ... benign lord / That will prove awful both in deed and word |
| TG IV.i.46 | [Third Outlaw to Valentine, of their state] Thrust from the company of awful men |
| TS V.ii.108 | [Petruchio to all, of Katherina's obedience] it bodes ... / An awful rule, and right supremacy |