| KL III.ii.63 | [disguised Kent to Lear, of Regan's castle] I to this hard house ... return |
| KL III.iv.142 | [Gloucester to Lear, of Gonerill and Regan] all your daughters' hard commands |
| MW I.iii.42 | [Falstaff to Pistol, of Mistress Ford] the hardest voice of her behaviour [i.e. the most severe interpretation of her behaviour] |
| TNK III.i.106 | [Arcite to Palamon] pardon me hard language [i.e. the kind of thing you don't want to hear] |