| Cor III.ii.11 | [Coriolanus to Nobles, of the people] to yawn ... / When one but of my ordinance stood up / To speak of peace or war |
| H5 IV.vi.14 | [Exeter to King Henry, of Suffolk] York ... kisses the gashes / That bloodily did yawn upon his face |
| Ham III.ii.396 | [Hamlet alone] 'Tis now the very witching time of night, / When churchyards yawn |
| JC II.ii.18 | [Calphurnia to Caesar] graves have yawned and yielded up their dead |
| MA V.iii.19 | [Balthasar singing] Graves yawn and yield your dead |
| Oth V.ii.102.1 | [Othello to himself] th'affrighted globe / Should yawn at alteration |