| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.45 | 'Twere pregnant they should square between themselves, | 'Twer pregnant they should square between themselues, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.325 | Have laid this woe here. O, 'tis pregnant, pregnant! | Haue laid this Woe heere. Oh 'tis pregnant, pregnant! |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.209 | pregnant sometimes his replies are! A happiness that | pregnant (sometimes) his Replies are? / A happinesse, / That |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.71 | And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee | And crooke the pregnant Hindges of the knee, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.75 | Were very pregnant and potential spurs | Were very pregnant and potentiall spirits |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.223 | Am pregnant to good pity. Give me your hand, | Am pregnant to good pitty. Giue me your hand, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.11 | For common justice, y'are as pregnant in | For Common Iustice, y'are as pregnant in |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.23 | That thieves do pass on thieves? 'Tis very pregnant, | That theeues do passe on theeues? 'Tis very pregnant, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.229 | – as it is a most pregnant and unforced position – who | (as it is a most pregnant and vnforc'd position) who |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.44 | The pregnant instrument of wrath | The pregnant instrument of wrath. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.87 | To which the Grecians are most prompt and pregnant; | To which the Grecians are most prompt and pregnant: |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.ii.28 | Wherein the pregnant enemy does much. | Wherein the pregnant enemie does much. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.86 | most pregnant and vouchsafed ear. | most pregnant and vouchsafed eare. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.87 | ‘ Odours;’ ‘ pregnant;’ and ‘ vouchsafed.’ | Odours, pregnant, and vouchsafed: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.30 | Most true, if ever truth were pregnant | Most true, if euer Truth were pregnant |