| 3H6 II.iii.18 | [Richard to Warwick] Like to a dismal clangour heard from far |
| 3H6 II.vi.58 | [Edward to Warwick, of Clifford] Now death shall stop his dismal threatening sound |
| 3H6 V.vi.48 | [King to Richard] at thy birth ... chattering pies in dismal discords sung |
| AW V.iii.128.1 | [King to all] I am wrapped in dismal thinkings |
| R3 III.iii.12 | [Rivers as if to Pomfret Castle] for more slander to thy dismal seat, / We give to thee our guiltless blood |
| Ven.889 | [of Venus hearing the hounds] This dismal cry rings sadly in her ear |