| 1H4 IV.ii.79 | [Falstaff alone] To the latter end of a fray, and the beginning of a feast / Fits a dull fighter and a keen guest |
| 2H4 I.i.71 | [Northumberland to and of Morton] So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone |
| AW I.i.215 | [Helena alone] The fated sky ... doth backward pull / Our slow designs when we ourselves are dull |
| Ham I.v.32 | [Ghost to Hamlet] I find thee apt, / And duller shouldst thou be than the fat weed / That roots itself in ease on Lethe wharf |
| Ham II.ii.564 | [Hamlet alone, of himself] A dull and muddy-mettled rascal |
| Ham IV.iv.33 | [Hamlet alone] How all occasions do inform against me / And spur my dull revenge |
| MM IV.iv.19 | [Angelo alone] This deed ... makes me unpregnant / And dull to all proceedings |
| MV II.vii.8 | [Morocco to himself, of a casket] This third, dull lead |
| Oth I.i.124 | [Roderigo to Brabantio] At this odd-even and dull watch o'th' night |
| R3 II.ii.92 | [Dorset to Queen Elizabeth] 'tis called ungrateful / With dull unwillingness to repay a debt |
| Sonn.44.1 | [] If the dull substance of my flesh were thought, / Injurious distance should not stop my way |
| TC II.ii.210 | [Hector to all] I have a roisting challenge sent amongst / The dull and factious nobles of the Greeks |