| Ham I.iii.102 | [Polonius to Ophelia] Unsifted in such perilous circumstance |
| Ham II.ii.157 | [Polonius to Claudius and Gertrude] If circumstances lead me, I will find / Where truth is hid |
| Ham III.iii.83 | [Hamlet to himself] in our circumstance and course of thought |
| Oth III.iii.16 | [Cassio to Desdemona, of Othello's policy] That policy may either last so long ... / Or breed itself so out of circumstance [i.e. be so long delayed] |
| TG I.i.37 | [Valentine to Proteus] by your circumstance, I fear you'll prove [a fool] [pun: 36, sense 3] |