| AW II.i.184 | [King to Helena, of her life] Thou this to hazard needs must intimate / Skill infinite, or monstrous desperate |
| H8 III.i.86 | [Queen Katherine to Campeius and Wolsey, of anyone who might support her against the King] Though he be grown so desperate to be honest |
| KL II.iv.300 | [Regan to all, of Lear] He is attended with a desperate train |
| R2 V.iii.20 | [King Henry to Percy, of Henry's son] As dissolute as desperate |
| TN V.i.61 | [First Officer to Orsino, of Antonio] Here in the streets, desperate of shame and state, / In private brabble did we apprehend him |