| AYL II.i.7 | [Duke Senior to all] churlish chiding of the winter's wind |
| H5 IV.i.15 | [King Henry to Erpingham] A good soft pillow for that good white head / Were better than a churlish turf of France |
| KJ II.i.76 | [Chatillon to King Philip, of the English] The interruption of their churlish drums |
| KJ III.i.303 | [Blanche to Lewis the Dauphin] Shall braying trumpets and loud churlish drums ... be measures to our pomp? |
| TC I.ii.21 | [Alexander to Cressida, of Ajax] he is as valiant as the lion, churlish as the bear |
| Ven.107 | [Venus to Adonis, of Mars] Scorning his churlish drum |
| Ven.616 | [Venus to Adonis] thou knowst not what it is / With javelin's point a churlish swine to gore [or: boorish] |