| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.30 | A worthy officer i'th' war, but insolent, | A worthy Officer i'th' Warre, but Insolent, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.130.2 | Insolent villain! | Insolent Villaine. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.7 | How insolent of late he is become, | How insolent of late he is become, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.68 | But neither proud nor insolent, I trust. | But neither proud nor insolent I trust. |
| King John | KJ II.i.122 | Out, insolent! Thy bastard shall be king | Out insolent, thy bastard shall be King, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.197 | But other of your insolent retinue | But other of your insolent retinue |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.136 | Of being taken by the insolent foe, | Of being taken by the Insolent Foe, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.43 | Hang, cur, hang, you whoreson, insolent noise-maker! | Hang cur, hang, you whoreson insolent Noyse-maker, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.369 | But he already is too insolent; | But he already is too insolent, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.206 | A paltry, insolent fellow! | A paultry insolent fellow. |