| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.348 | O doting King! O detestable office! | O doting King, or detestable office, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.29 | And I will kiss thy detestable bones | And I will kisse thy detestable bones, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.56 | Most detestable Death, by thee beguiled, | Most detestable death, by thee beguil'd, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.45 | Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death, | Thou detestable mawe, thou wombe of death, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.33 | But nakedness, thou detestable town. | But nakednesse, thou detestable Towne, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.94 | O detestable villain, call'st thou that trimming? | Oh detestable villaine! / Call'st thou that Trimming? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.61 | apparel ta'en from me, and these detestable things put | apparrell tane from me, and these detestable things put |