| 1H4 IV.i.103 | [Vernon to Hotspur, of Prince Hal and his companions] Wanton as youthful goats |
| 1H6 V.i.23 | [King to Gloucester] fitter is my study and my books / Than wanton dalliance with a paramour |
| AW V.iii.211 | [Bertram to King, of Diana] I ... boarded her i'th' wanton way of youth |
| H8 III.ii.359 | [Wolsey alone] I have ventured, / Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders |
| LLL V.ii.756 | [Berowne to ladies] love is full of unbefitting strains, / All wanton as a child |
| TNK II.i.150 | [Palamon to Arcite] You have made me ... almost wanton / With my captivity |
| TNK II.i.293 | [Palamon alone, of Emilia, and comparing himself to a tree] I would spread, and fling my wanton arms / In at her window |
| TNK II.i.69 | [Palamon to Arcite, of their ability to compete] Even in the wagging of a wanton leg [i.e. with just a few easygoing strides] |
| TNK IV.ii.15 | [Emilia alone] wanton Ganymede / Set Jove afire |
| Ven.777 | [Adonis to Venus, of her voice] Bewitching like the wanton mermaid's songs |
| WT I.ii.126 | [Leontes to Mamillius] How now, you wanton calf! |