| Cor II.ii.97 | [Cominius to all, of Coriolanus] he waxed like a sea |
| Ham I.iii.12 | [Laertes to Ophelia, of the body] as this temple waxes / The inward service of the mind and soul / Grows wide withal |
| LLL V.ii.10 | [Rosaline to Princess, of putting wax over the name of Cupid] That was the way to make his godhead wax [also: sealing wax] |