| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.22 | knows not from the enemy. We will bind and hoodwink | knowes not from the enemie: wee will binde and hoodwinke |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.80 | And, hoodwinked as thou art, will lead thee on | And hoodwinkt as thou art, will leade thee on |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.58 | As good to wink, sweet love, as look on night. | As good to winke sweet loue, as looke on night. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.23 | And winking Mary-buds begin to ope their golden eyes; | And winking Mary-buds begin to ope their Golden eyes |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.89 | I had forgot them – were two winking Cupids | (I had forgot them) were two winking Cupids |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.102.1 | I have not slept one wink. | I haue not slept one winke. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.ii.16.1 | As war were hoodwinked. | As warre were hood-wink'd. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.188 | direct them the way I am going, but such as wink, | direct them the way I am going, but such as winke, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.192 | blindness! I am sure hanging's the way of winking. | blindnesse: I am sure hanging's the way of winking. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.137 | Or given my heart a winking, mute and dumb, | Or giuen my heart a winking, mute and dumbe, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.11 | Which, as her winks and nods and gestures yield them, | Which as her winkes, and nods, and gestures yeeld them, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.33 | And winking leaped into destruction. | And (winking) leap'd into destruction. |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.6 | may. I dare not fight, but I will wink and hold out mine | may. I dare not fight, but I will winke and holde out mine |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.55 | Shall not be winked at, how shall we stretch our eye | Shall not be wink'd at, how shall we stretch our eye |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.139 | Foolish curs, that run winking into the mouth | Foolish Curres, that runne winking into the mouth |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.295 | Yet they do wink and yield, as love is blind | Yet they doe winke and yeeld, as Loue is blind |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.300 | consent winking. | consent winking. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.301 | I will wink on her to consent, my lord, if you | I will winke on her to consent, my Lord, if you |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.63 | Twinkling another counterfeited beam, | Twinkling another counterfetted beame, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.104 | Let me see thine eyes; wink now; now open them. | Let me see thine Eyes; winck now, now open them, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.70 | Wink at the Duke of Suffolk's insolence, | Winke at the Duke of Suffolkes insolence, |
| King John | KJ II.i.215 | Confronts your city's eyes, your winking gates; | Comfort yours Citties eies, your winking gates: |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.211 | And on the winking of authority | And on the winking of Authoritie |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.132 | firmament twinkled on my bastardizing. Edgar – | Firmament twinkled on my bastardizing. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.43 | And not be seen to wink of all the day, | And not be seene to winke of all the day. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.51 | three studied ere ye'll thrice wink; and how easy it is to | three studied, ere you'll thrice wink, & how easie it is to |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.53 | The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be | The Eye winke at the Hand: yet let that bee, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.72 | And yet seem cold; the time you may so hoodwink. | And yet seeme cold. The time you may so hoodwinke: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.156 | twinkling. | twinkling. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.69 | could never get an eye-wink of her – I had myself twenty | could neuer get an eye-winke of her: I had my selfe twentie |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.48 | I'll wink and couch; no man their works must eye. | Ile winke, and couch: No man their workes must eie. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.239 | Wink each at other, hold the sweet jest up. | Winke each at other, hold the sweete iest vp: |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.76 | Heaven stops the nose at it, and the moon winks; | Heauen stoppes the Nose at it, and the Moone winks: |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.283 | That like the sun did make beholders wink? | That like the Sunne, did make beholders winke? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.4 | We'll have no Cupid hoodwinked with a scarf, | Weele haue no Cupid, hood winkt with a skarfe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.17 | To twinkle in their spheres till they return. | To twinckle in their Spheres till they returne. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.6 | That runaway's eyes may wink, and Romeo | That run-awayes eyes may wincke, and Romeo |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.294 | And I, for winking at your discords too, | And I, for winking at your discords too, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.303 | That in a twink she won me to her love. | That in a twinke she won me to her loue. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.59.1 | He winks at Lucentio | |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.74 | You saw my master wink and laugh upon you? | You saw my Master winke and laugh vpon you? |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.220 | Thou let'st thy fortune sleep – die, rather; wink'st | Thou let'st thy fortune sleepe: die rather: wink'st |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.246 | Ambition cannot pierce a wink beyond, | Ambition cannot pierce a winke beyond |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.290 | To the perpetual wink for aye might put | To the perpetuall winke for aye might put |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.43 | Ay, with a twink. | I: with a twincke. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.206 | Shall hoodwink this mischance. Therefore, speak softly. | Shall hudwinke this mischance: therefore speake softly, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.44 | boy, wink at me, and say thou sawest me not. Fare thee | Boy winke at me, and say thou saw'st mee not. Fare thee |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.43 | Nor wink, nor nod, nor kneel, nor make a sign, | Nor winke, nor nod, nor kneele, nor make a signe, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.88 | While one would wink; denied me mine own purse | While one would winke: denide me mine owne purse, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.139 | I see things too, although you judge I wink. | I see things too, although you iudge I winke. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.96 | Upon a homely object Love can wink. | Vpon a homely obiect, Loue can winke. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.9 | At first I did adore a twinkling star, | At first I did adore a twinkling Starre, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.ii.14 | For I had rather wink than look on them. | For I had rather winke, then looke on them. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.116 | And with thy twinkling eyes look right and straight | And with thy twinckling eyes, looke right and straight |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.18.1 | If I were there, I'd wink. | If I were there, I'ld winke |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.317 | To give mine enemy a lasting wink; | To giue mine Enemy a lasting Winke: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.100 | Now, now! I have not winked since I saw these | Now, now: I haue not wink'd since I saw these |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.108 | benefit of access? Every wink of an eye some new grace | benefit of Accesse? euery winke of an Eye, some new Grace |