| 1H6 V.v.7 | [King to Suffolk, of Margaret] So am I driven by breath of her renown |
| AW II.i.148 | [Helena to King] Inspired merit so by breath is barred |
| H5 IV.i.227 | [King Henry alone, of being king] subject to the breath / Of every fool |
| KJ III.i.148 | [King John to Cardinal Pandulph] What earthy name to interrogatories / Can task the free breath of a sacred king? |
| KL I.i.60 | [Gonerill to Lear] A love that makes breath poor and speech unable |
| LLL I.i.5 | [King to all, of Time] Th'endeavour of this present breath may buy / That honour which shall bate his scythe's keen edge |
| LLL V.ii.730 | [Princess to King, of pardoning the ladies] If over-boldly we have borne ourselves / In the converse of breath |
| MA V.i.250 | [Leonato to Borachio, of Hero] Art thou the slave that with thy breath hast killed / Mine innocent child? |
| Mac V.iii.27 | [Macbeth to himself, of what will come his way] mouth-honour, breath / Which the poor heart would fain deny and dare not [i.e. voices of allegiance] |
| MND III.ii.44 | [Demetrius to Hermia] why rebuke you him that loves you so? / Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe |
| MV I.iii.121 | [Shylock to Antonio] in a bondman's key, / With bated breath and whispering humbleness |
| MV II.ix.90 | [Messenger to Portia, of Bassanio's messenger] he bringeth ... besides commends and courteous breath, / Gifts of rich value |
| RJ II.vi.26 | [Romeo to Juliet] sweeten with thy breath / This neighbour air |
| TC I.iii.244 | [Aeneas to Agamemnon] what the repining enemy commends, / That breath fame blows |
| TC II.ii.75 | [Troilus to all, of Paris] Your breath of full consent bellied his sails |
| TC IV.i.74 | [Diomedes to Paris, of Helen] She hath not given so many good words breath |
| TC IV.v.103 | [Ulysses to Agamemnon, of Troilus] he ... dignifies [not] an impair thought with breath |
| Tem epilogue.11 | [Prospero alone] Gentle breath of yours my sails / Must fill |
| Tem V.i.157 | [Prospero to Alonso, of the lords] they ... scarce think ... their words / Are natural breath |
| Tim IV.iii.141 | [Timon to Phrynia and Timandra] he whose pious breath seeks to convert you |