| 2H4 IV.v.184 | [King Henry IV to Prince Henry] God knows ... / By what by-paths and indirect crooked ways / I met this crown |
| 2H6 V.i.158 | [Clifford to Richard] Hence, heap of wrath, foul indigested lump, / As crooked in thy manners as thy shape! |
| H8 V.iii.44 | [Cranmer to all] Men that make / Envy and crooked malice nourishment / Dare bite the best |
| KJ III.i.46 | [Constance to Arthur] If thou that biddest me be content wert ... / Lame, foolish, crooked, swart |
| Sonn.60.7 | [of maturity] Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight [also: bent through old age] |
| TG IV.i.21 | [Valentine to Outlaws] If crooked fortune had not thwarted me |
| Ven.134 | [Venus to Adonis] Were I hard-favoured, foul ... crooked, churlish |