| AC III.xiii.89 | [Antony to Cleopatra or Thidias] Ah, you kite! |
| H5 II.i.73 | [Pistol to Nym] from the powdering tub of infamy / Fetch forth the lazar kite of Cressid's kind [i.e. whore] |
| JC V.i.84 | [Cassius to Messala] ravens, crows, and kites / Fly o'er our heads |
| KL I.iv.259 | [Lear to Gonerill] Detested kite |
| Mac III.iv.72.1 | [Macbeth to Lady Macbeth] our monuments / Shall be the maws of kites |
| TS IV.i.181 | [Petruchio alone] these kites / That bate and beat and will not be obedient |
| WT II.iii.185 | [Antigonus to the baby] Some powerful spirit instruct the kites and ravens / To be thy nurses! |
| WT IV.iii.23 | [Autolycus alone] when the kite builds, look to lesser linen |