| AC III.vii.54 | [Messenger to Antony, of Caesar] he is descried |
| E3 I.ii.50 | [Messenger to King David] We might descry a mighty host of men |
| E3 III.i.62 | [Mariner to King John] Near to the coast I have descried .. / The proud armado of King Edward's ships |
| E3 V.i.131 | [Salisbury to King Edward, of the army surrounding Prince Edward] there we did descry / Down in a valley how both armies lay |
| KL IV.v.13 | [Regan to Oswald] Edmund, I think, is gone ... to descry / The strength o'th' enemy |
| Luc.538 | [Tarquin to Lucrece] marks descried in men's nativity / Are nature's faults |
| Oth II.i.4 | [First Gentleman to Montano] I cannot 'twixt the heaven and the main / Descry a sail |
| Per epilogue.V.iii.7 | [Gower alone] In Helicanus may you well descry / A figure of truth |
| Per I.iv.60 | [Lord to Cleon] We have descried ... / A portly sail of ships |
| R3 V.iii.9 | [King Richard to all] Who hath descried the number of the traitors? |
| TS I.i.229 | [Lucentio to Biondello] I killed a man, and fear I was descried |