| Ham III.ii.71 | [Hamlet to Horatio] crook the pregnant hinges of the knee |
| KL IV.vi.223 | [disguised Edgar to Gloucester, of himself] Who, by the art of known and feeling sorrows, / Am pregnant to good pity [i.e. ready to feel pity for others] |
| Per Chorus.IV.44 | [Gower alone, of murdering Thaisa] cursed Dionyza hath / The pregnant instrument of wrath / Prest for this blow |
| TC IV.iv.87 | [Troilus to Cressida, of fair virtues] To which the Grecians are most prompt and pregnant |
| TN III.i.86 | [Viola as Cesario to Olivia] My matter hath no voice, lady, but to your own most pregnant and vouchsafed ear |