| Cor II.i.99 | [Volumnia to Menenius, of Coriolanus' return] with most prosperous approbation |
| Cor II.iii.144 | [Sicinius to Coriolanus] The people ... are summoned / To meet anon upon your approbation [i.e.to approve your election] |
| Cor II.iii.250.1 | [Sicinius to Citizens] revoke / Your sudden approbation |
| Cym I.v.17 | [Iachimo to all, of Posthumus' banishment] the approbation of those that weep this lamentable divorce |
| H8 I.ii.71 | [Wolsey to King Henry, of votes for taxation] not passed by me but / By learned approbation of the judges |
| Per IV.iii.26 | [Cleon to Dionyza, of hiding Marina's murder] To such proceeding / Whoever but his approbation added .... he did not flow / From honourable courses |
| TC I.iii.59 | [Ulysses to Agamemnon and Nestor] the applause and approbation / The which ... . I give to both your speeches |
| Tim IV.iii.37 | [Timon alone, of gold] This yellow slave / Will ....place thieves, / And give them title, knee, and approbation |