| AC III.vi.1 | [Caesar to all, of Antony] Contemning Rome, he has done all this and more / In Alexandria |
| Cor I.iii.44 | [Volumnia to Virgilia, of Hector's forehead] when it spit forth blood / At Grecian sword, contemning [F: Contenning] |
| Cor II.ii.155 | [Sicinius to Brutus, of Coriolanus and the people] He will require them / As if he did contemn what he requested |
| Cym I.vii.41 | [Iachimo to Innogen] apes and monkeys ... would chatter this way, and / Contemn with mows the other |
| KL IV.ii.32 | [Albany to Gonerill] nature which contemns its origin |
| TG II.iv.127 | [Valentine to Proteus] I have done penance for contemning Love |
| TNK III.vi.143 | [Palamon to Theseus, of Arcite] this is he contemns thee |
| Ven.205 | [Venus to Adonis] What am I that thou shouldst contemn me this? |