| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.250 | Till, gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder, | Till gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.290 | But he, I thank him, gnawed in two my cords. | But he I thanke him gnaw'd in two my cords, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.248 | To gnaw their garners. (Citizens steal away) Worshipful mutineers, | To gnaw their Garners. Worshipfull Mutiners, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.178 | A curse begnaw at very root on's heart | A Curse begin at very root on's heart, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.73 | That gnaws the bowels of the commonwealth. | That gnawes the Bowels of the Common-wealth. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.192 | And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first. | And Wolues are gnarling, who shall gnaw thee first. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.120 | By treason's tooth bare-gnawn and canker-bit; | By Treasons tooth: bare-gnawne, and Canker-bit, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.279 | gnawn at; and I shall not only receive this villainous | gnawne at, and I shall not onely receiue this villanous |
| Othello | Oth II.i.288 | Doth, like a poisonous mineral, gnaw my inwards, | Doth (like a poysonous Minerall) gnaw my Inwardes: |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.135 | A halter pardon him and hell gnaw his bones! | A halter pardon him: / And hell gnaw his bones. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.43 | Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip? | Alas, why gnaw you so your nether-lip? |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.221 | The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul! | The Worme of Conscience still begnaw thy Soule, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.25 | A thousand men that fishes gnawed upon; | A thousand men that Fishes gnaw'd vpon: |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.28 | That he could gnaw a crust at two hours old; | That he could gnaw a crust at two houres old, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.27 | The King is angry. See, he gnaws his lip. | The King is angry, see he gnawes his Lippe. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.54 | begnawn with the bots, swayed in the back and shoulder-shotten, | begnawne with the Bots, Waid in the backe, and shoulder-shotten, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.50 | A beast, as thou art. The canker gnaw thy heart | A Beast as thou art. The Canker gnaw thy hart |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.260 | Gnawing with thy teeth, and be this dismal sight | Gnawing with thy teeth, and be this dismall sight |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.31 | To ease the gnawing vulture of thy mind | To ease the gnawing Vulture of the mind, |