| Cor I.i.191 | [Martius to Menenius] Who thrives and who declines |
| Cor II.i.154 | [Volumnia to Menenius, of Coriolanus' arm] Which, being advanced, declines, and then men die |
| Ham II.ii.476 | [First Player to all, of Pyrrhus' sword] declining on the milky head / Of reverend Priam |
| TC IV.v.189 | [Nestor to Hector, of Hector's sword] Not letting it decline on the declined [i.e. fall on the vanquished] |