| MND III.ii.128 | [Helena to Lysander] You do advance your cunning more and more |
| MW III.iv.79 | [Fenton to Mistress Page] against all checks, rebukes, and manners, / I must advance the colours of my love |
| RJ V.iii.96 | [Romeo to sleeping Juliet, of her lips and cheeks] death's pale flag is not advanced there |
| Tim I.ii.168 | [Timon to First Lord] I must entreat you honour me so much / As to advance this jewel [i.e. increase its value by wearing it] |