| 1H4 V.i.57 | [Worcester to King Henry] You took occasion ... / To gripe the general sway into your hand |
| 1H4 V.v.41 | [King Henry to all] Rebellion in this land shall lose his sway |
| JC I.iii.3 | [Casca to Cicero] all the sway of earth / Shakes like a thing unfirm |
| Mac I.v.68 | [Lady Macbeth to Macbeth, of their plan] Which shall ... / Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom |
| MV IV.i.190 | [Portia as Balthasar to Shylock] mercy is above this sceptred sway |
| R2 IV.i.205 | [Richard to all] I give ... / The pride of kingly sway from out my heart |
| RJ IV.i.10 | [Paris to Friar, of Juliet] her father counts it dangerous / That she do give her sorrow so much sway |
| Tem I.ii.112 | [Prospero to Miranda, of Antonio] So dry he was for sway |