| CE I.i.142 | [Duke to and of Egeon] whom the fates have marked / To bear the extremity of dire mishap |
| Ham III.ii.178 | [Second Player as Queen to her King] And women's fear and love hold quantity, / In neither aught, or in extremity [i.e.or both are maximally present] |
| KL V.iii.205 | [Edgar to Albany] another [story] / To amplify too much would ... top extremity [i.e. would go beyond what can be endured] |
| R2 II.ii.72 | [Queen Isabel to Bushy] the bands of life / Which false hope lingers in extremity |
| WT V.ii.18 | [First Gentleman to Autolycus, of Leontes' and Camillo's reactions] joy or sorrow: but in the extremity of the one it must needs be |