| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.4 | Where great patricians shall attend and shrug, | Where great Patricians shall attend, and shrug, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.106 | Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, | Still haue I borne it with a patient shrug, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.367 | To answer other business. Shrug'st thou, malice? | To answer other businesse: shrug'st thou (Malice) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.71 | The shrug, the ‘ hum ’ or ‘ ha,’ these petty brands | The Shrug, the Hum, or Ha, (these Petty-brands |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.74 | Virtue itself – these shrugs, these ‘ hum's’ and ‘ ha's,’ | Vertue it selfe) these Shrugs, these Hum's, and Ha's, |