| CE V.i.39 | [Adriana to Abbess, in response to the Abbess' question 'wherefore throng you hither?'] To fetch my poor distracted husband hence |
| Ham I.v.97 | [Hamlet alone, as if to the Ghost] Remember thee? Ay, thou poor ghost, whiles memory holds a seat / In this distracted globe |
| Ham III.i.5 | [Rosencrantz to Claudius, of Hamlet] He does confess he feels himself distracted |
| Mac II.iii.101 | [Lennox to Malcolm, of the King's attendants] they stared and were distracted |
| MM IV.iv.2 | [Angelo to Escalus, of the Duke's letters] In most uneven and distracted manner |
| TC V.ii.192 | [Troilus to Ulysses] Accept distracted thanks |
| Tem V.i.12 | [Ariel to Prospero] The King, / His brother, and yours, abide all three distracted |
| Tim III.iv.114 | [Flavius to Timon] You only speak from your distracted soul |
| Tim IV.iii.247 | [Apemantus to Timon] Best state, contentless, / Hath a distracted and most wretched being |