| CE IV.ii.55 | [Dromio of Syracuse to Adriana] if any hour meet a sergeant 'a turns back for very fear |
| CE IV.ii.60 | [Dromio of Syracuse to Adriana, of time] If 'a be in debt and theft, and a sergeant in the way |
| Ham V.ii.330 | [Hamlet to all] this fell sergeant, Death, / Is strict in his arrest |