| 1H6 II.v.9 | [Mortimer to Gaolers, of his eyes] These eyes ... / Wax dim, as drawing to their exigent |
| 2H6 III.ii.76 | [Queen to King] Art thou like the adder waxen deaf? |
| 2H6 IV.x.19 | [Iden to himself] I seek not to wax great by others' waning |
| CE I.i.92 | [Egeon to Duke] The seas waxed calm |
| H5 V.i.80 | [Pistol alone] Old I do wax |
| H5 V.ii.226 | [King Henry to Katherine] the elder I wax, the better I shall appear |
| Ham I.iv.87 | [Horatio to Marcellus, of Hamlet] He waxes desperate with imagination |
| RJ I.v.126 | [Capulet to himself] Ah, sirrah, by my fay, it waxes late |
| Tim III.iv.11 | [Lucius's Servant to Philotus, of Timon] the days are waxed shorter with him |
| Tit III.i.221 | [Titus to Marcus] If the winds rage, doth not the sea wax mad, / Threat'ning the welkin with his big-swoll'n face |
| Ven.420 | [Venus to Adonis] The colt that's backed and burdened being young ... never waxeth strong |