| AW I.ii.30 | [King to Bertram, of Bertram's father] age ... wore us out of act |
| Cym III.iii.53 | [Belarius to Guiderius and Arviragus] a sland'rous epitaph / As record of fair act |
| Cym V.v.265 | [Cymbeline to Innogen] mak'st thou me a dullard in this act? |
| Ham I.iii.26 | [Laertes to Ophelia, of Hamlet] he in his particular act and place / May give his saying deed [Q2; F Sect] |
| KJ III.i.274 | [Cardinal Pandulph to King Philip] The better act of purposes mistook / Is to mistake again |
| MV I.iii.80 | [Shylock to Antonio] when the work of generation was / Between these woolly breeders in the act [i.e. of sexual intercourse] |
| MV IV.i.19 | [Duke to Shylock] thou but lead'st this fashion of thy malice / To the last hour of act |
| Sonn.152.3 | [] In act thy bed-vow broke [i.e. the sexual act] |
| TNK I.ii.69 | [Palamon to Arcite, of Creon] who only attributes / The faculties of other instruments / To his own nerves and act |
| WT V.ii.77 | [First Gentleman to all, of the events in court] The dignity of this act was worth the audience of kings and princes |