| AYL II.iv.92 | [Celia as Aliena to all] I like this place, / And willingly could waste my time in it |
| MND II.i.57 | [Puck to Fairy] A merrier hour was never wasted |
| MV III.iv.12 | [Portia to Lorenzo] companions / That do converse and waste the time together |
| Per IV.iv.1 | [Gower alone] Thus time we waste |
| Tem V.i.303 | [Prospero to Alonso, of the night] I'll waste / With such discourse as ... shall make it / Go quick away |
| Ven.24 | [Venus to Adonis, of kissing] A summer's day will seem an hour but short, / Being wasted in such time-beguiling sport |
| Ven.583 | [Venus to Adonis] this night I'll waste in sorrow |