| 2H4 IV.i.102 | [Westmorland to Mowbray] Construe the times to their necessities, / And you shall say ... it is the time, / And not the King, that doth you injuries |
| JC I.ii.45 | [Brutus to Cassius, of his behaviour] let not therefore my good friends be grieved ... / Nor construe any further my neglect [i.e. do not read too much into my neglect] |
| JC I.iii.34 | [Cicero to Casca] men may construe things after their fashion |
| LLL V.ii.341 | [King to Princess] Construe my speeches better, if you may |
| Oth IV.i.101 | [Iago to himself, of Othello] his unbookish jealousy must construe / Poor Cassio's smiles ... / Quite in the wrong |