| 3H6 V.i.69 | [Richard to Montague] Thou and thy brother both shall buy this treason / Even with the dearest blood your bodies bear |
| Cym V.iv.23 | [Posthumus alone, of his life compared to Innogen's] 'Tis not so dear [also: cherished] |
| JC IV.iii.101 | [Cassius to Brutus, of his own heart] Dearer than Pluto's mine, richer than gold |
| LLL II.i.9 | [Boyet to Princess] Be now as prodigal of all dear grace / As Nature was in making graces dear [first instance] |
| MA I.i.120 | [Beatrice to Benedick, of his loving no women] A dear happiness to women |
| MV I.i.62 | [Antonio to Salerio and Solanio] Your worth is very dear in my regard |
| R2 I.i.130 | [Mowbray to Bolingbroke] my sovereign liege was in my debt / Upon remainder of a dear account [i.e. the balance of a heavy debt] [or: sense 3] |
| Sonn.32.11 | [] Had my friend's Muse grown with this loving age, / A dearer birth than this his love had brought |
| TC III.iii.128 | [Ulysses as if to Nature] what things there are / Most abject in regard, and dear in use! |
| Tem III.i.39 | [Ferdinand to Miranda, of her name] the top of admiration, worth / What's dearest to the world |