| 3H6 II.v.102 | [King to himself, of the houses of Lancaster and York] If you contend, a thousand lives must wither |
| AC II.ii.84 | [Antony to Caesar] if we contend |
| AC III.xiii.192 | [Antony to Cleopatra, of death] I will contend / even with his pestilent scythe |
| Cor IV.v.116 | [Aufidius to Coriolanus] I did / Contend against thy valour |
| H5 I.ii.24 | [King Henry to Canterbury] never two such kingdoms did contend / Without much fall of blood |
| KL III.i.4 | [Gentleman to disguised Kent, of Lear] Contending with the fretful elements |
| Mac I.iii.91 | [Ross to Macbeth, of the King] His wonders and his praises do contend |
| Mac II.ii.7 | [Lady Macbeth alone, of the King's attendants] I have drugged their possets / That death and nature do contend about them / Whether they live or die |
| Mac II.iv.17 | [Ross to Old Man, of Duncan's horses] Turned wild in nature ... / Contending 'gainst obedience |
| MM III.ii.222 | [Escalus to disguised Duke, of the Duke] One that, above all other strifes, contended especially to know himself |