| 1H4 III.ii.67 | [King Henry to Prince Hal, of Richard II] gave his countenance against his name / To ... stand the push / Of every beardless vain comparative |
| 2H4 V.v.46 | [King Henry V to Lord Chief Justice, of Falstaff] speak to that vain man |
| CE III.ii.188 | [Antipholus of Syracuse alone] there's no man is so vain / That would refuse so fair an offered chain |
| KL IV.ii.61.2 | [Gonerill to Albany] O vain fool! |
| LLL V.ii.756 | [Berowne to ladies, of love] All wanton as a child, skipping and vain |
| Tem I.ii.174 | [Prospero to Miranda, of other princesses] that have more time / For vainer hours |
| TG IV.iii.17 | [Silvia to Eglamour] my father would enforce me marry / Vain Thurio |