| 1H4 III.i.178 | [Worcester to Hotspur, of a temperament like Hotspur's] oftentimes it doth present ... want of government |
| 1H6 I.i.69 | [First Messenger to Exeter, of how the towns were lost] No treachery, but want of men and money |
| 2H6 III.ii.348 | [Queen to Suffolk] As one that surfeits thinking on a want [i.e. of food] |
| 3H6 I.iv.133 | [York to Queen, of government] The want thereof makes thee abominable |
| 3H6 V.ii.8 | [Warwick alone] my want of strength ... shows, / That I must yield my body to the earth |
| AW IV.i.68 | [Parolles to Soldiers] I shall lose my life for want of language |
| CE II.ii.188 | [Adriana to Antipholus of Syracuse] ivy, brier, or idle moss, ... for want of pruning |
| Cor III.ii.69.1 | [Volumnia to Coriolanus] show our general louts / How you can frown, than spend a fawn upon 'em / For ... safeguard / Of what that want might ruin [i.e. for lack of fawning] |
| Cym IV.iv.26 | [Belarius to Guiderius and Arviragus] your loves / Who find in my exile the want of breeding |
| Cym V.iv.162 | [Firdst Gaoler to Posthumus, of going to a tavern] you come in faint for want of meat |
| KJ II.i.435 | [Hubert to King John and King Philip, of Blanche] And she again wants nothing, to name want, / If want it be not that she is not he [second and third instances] |
| KL I.i.230 | [Cordelia to Lear, of what she lacks] for want of that for which I am richer |
| KL I.i.279 | [Gonerill to Cordelia] You ... well are worth the want that you have wanted [i.e. well deserve the loss of affection] [first instance] |
| KL I.iv.340 | [Gonerill to Albany] You are much more a-taxed for want of wisdom / Than praised for harmful mildness |
| LLL IV.iii.235 | [Berowne to King, of Rosaline's face] Where nothing wants that want itself doth seek [second instance] |
| Luc.153 | [] we do neglect / The thing we have, and all for want of wit / Make something nothing by augmenting it |
| MND I.i.130 | [Hermia to Lysander] for want of rain |
| PP.20.36 | [of a nightingale] if store of crowns be scant, / No man will supply thy want |
| R2 III.iv.16 | [Queen Isabel to First Lady, of the telling of tales] It adds more sorrow to my want of joy |
| Sonn.151.13 | [] No want of conscience hold it that I call / Her love |
| Tem II.i.149 | [Sebastian aside to Antonio, of what Gonzalo would do] 'Scape being drunk for want of wine |
| TN I.v.59 | [Olivia to Feste] for want of other idleness, I'll bide your proof |
| Ven.202 | [] What 'tis to love, how want of love tormenteth? |