| 1H4 V.v.36 | [King Henry to Lancaster and Westmorland] Towards York shall bend you with your dearest speed |
| AW III.ii.54 | [Second Lord to Countess, of Florence] Thither we bend again |
| CE V.i.152 | [Adriana to Duke, of Antipholus and Dromio of Syracuse] madly bent on us |
| Ham I.ii.115 | [Claudius to Hamlet] bend you to remain / Here |
| Tem IV.i.174 | [Ariel to Prospero, of Stephano, Trinculo, and Caliban] always bending / Towards their project |
| WT V.i.164 | [Florizel to Leontes] My best train ... for Bohemia bend |