| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.2 | She is importunate, indeed distract. | She is importunate, indeed distract, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.94 | head. And among other importunate and most serious | head: and among other importunate & most serious |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.26 | Who having by their own importunate suit | Who hauing by their owne importunate suit, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.28 | Put on a most importunate aspect, | Put on a most importunate aspect, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.13 | In like manner was I in debt to my importunate | In like manner was I in debt to my importunat |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.2 | importunate. 'Tis a sickness denying thee anything; a | importunate: 'tis a sicknesse denying thee any thing: a |