| 1H4 I.ii.201 | [Prince Hal alone, of the sun] ugly mists / Of vapours that did seem to strangle him |
| Mac II.iv.7 | [Ross to Old Man] dark night strangles the travelling lamp |
| Sonn.89.8 | [] I will acquaintance strangle and look strange |
| TN V.i.145 | [Olivia to Viola as Cesario] it is the baseness of thy fear / That makes thee strangle thy propriety |
| WT IV.iv.47 | [Florizel to Perdita] Strangle such thoughts as these with anything / That you behold the while |