| 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 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 |