| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.248 | To gnaw their garners. (Citizens steal away) Worshipful mutineers, | To gnaw their Garners. Worshipfull Mutiners, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.192 | And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first. | And Wolues are gnarling, who shall gnaw thee first. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.288 | Doth, like a poisonous mineral, gnaw my inwards, | Doth (like a poysonous Minerall) gnaw my Inwardes: |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.135 | A halter pardon him and hell gnaw his bones! | A halter pardon him: / And hell gnaw his bones. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.43 | Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip? | Alas, why gnaw you so your nether-lip? |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.28 | That he could gnaw a crust at two hours old; | That he could gnaw a crust at two houres old, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.50 | A beast, as thou art. The canker gnaw thy heart | A Beast as thou art. The Canker gnaw thy hart |