| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.69 | Of dumps so dull and heavy; | Of dumps so dull and heauy, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.104 | heart is full.’ O play me some merry dump to comfort | heart is full. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.106 | Not a dump we! 'Tis no time to play | Not a dump we, 'tis no time to play |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.126 | And doleful dumps the mind oppress, | |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.277 | Why, how now, daughter Katherine? In your dumps? | Why how now daughter Katherine, in your dumps? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.394 | My lord, to step out of these dreary dumps, | My Lord to step out of these sudden dumps, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.85 | Tune a deploring dump – the night's dead silence | Tune a deploring dumpe: the nights dead silence |