| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.119 | Frowns at this levity. Gentle lords, let's part. | Frownes at this leuitie. Gentle Lords let's part, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.15 | Now I do frown on thee with all my heart, | Now I doe frowne on thee with all my heart, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.68 | be so, as fast as she answers thee with frowning looks, | be so, as fast / As she answeres thee with frowning lookes, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.100 | mind, for I protest her frown might kill me. | mind, for I protest her frowne might kill me. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.119 | Ay, ay, Antipholus, look strange and frown. | I, I, Antipholus, looke strange and frowne, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.107 | Than ever frowned in Greece. By Jove himself, | Then euer frown'd in Greece. By Ioue himselfe, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.67 | How you can frown, than spend a fawn upon 'em | How you can frowne, then spend a fawne vpon 'em, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.66 | Prepare thy brow to frown. Know'st thou me yet? | Prepare thy brow to frowne: knowst yu me yet? |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.1 | You do not meet a man but frowns: our bloods | YOu do not meet a man but Frownes. / Our bloods |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.23 | Worthy his frowning at. Their discipline – | Worthy his frowning at. Their discipline, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.18 | He goes hence frowning: but it honours us | He goes hence frowning: but it honours vs |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.264 | Fear no more the frown o'th' great, | Feare no more the frowne o'th'Great, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.28 | But to look back in frown: stand, stand!’ These three, | But to looke backe in frowne: Stand, stand. These three, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.62 | So frowned he once when, in an angry parle, | So frown'd he once, when in an angry parle |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.231 | What, looked he frowningly? | What, lookt he frowningly? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.127 | To dog his heels, and curtsy at his frowns, | To dogge his heeles, and curtsie at his frownes, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.152 | To frown upon th' enraged Northumberland! | To frowne vpon th' enrag'd Northumberland. |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.18 | Killing their fruit with frowns? Can sodden water, | Killing their Fruit with frownes. Can sodden Water, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.38 | Fortune is Bardolph's foe, and frowns on him; | Fortune is Bardolphs foe, and frownes on him: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.ii.9 | But if you frown upon this proffered peace, | But if you frowne vpon this proffer'd Peace, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.4 | As frowning at the favours of the world? | As frowning at the Fauours of the world? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.100 | Whose smile and frown, like to Achilles' spear, | Whose Smile and Frowne, like to Achilles Speare |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.72 | Cousin of Exeter, frowns, words, and threats | Cousin of Exeter, frownes, words, and threats, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.48 | Whose frown hath made thee faint and fly ere this! | Whose frowne hath made thee faint and flye ere this. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.7 | For this world frowns, and Edward's sun is clouded. | For this world frownes, and Edwards Sunne is clowded. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.32 | And smooth the frowns of war with peaceful looks. | And smooth the frownes of War, with peacefull lookes: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.168 | Smiles at her news, while Warwick frowns at his. | Smiles at her newes, while Warwicke frownes at his. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.75 | My love, forbear to fawn upon their frowns; | My Loue, forbeare to fawne vpon their frownes: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.v.28 | Bishop, farewell; shield thee from Warwick's frown; | Bishop farwell, / Sheeld thee from Warwickes frowne, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.101 | And, Richard, do not frown upon my faults, | And Richard, doe not frowne vpon my faults, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.33.1 | Pass away frowning. | Passe away frowning. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.203.1 | Exit King, frowning upon the Cardinal; the nobles | Exit King, frowning vpon the Cardinall, the Nobles |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.205 | He parted frowning from me, as if ruin | He parted Frowning from me, as if Ruine |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.87.2 | I am fearful – wherefore frowns he thus? | I am fearefull: Wherefore frownes he thus? |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.114.1 | Enter the King frowning on them; takes his seat | Enter King frowning on them, takes his Seate. |
| King John | KJ II.i.505 | Hanged in the frowning wrinkle of her brow | Hang'd in the frowning wrinkle of her brow, |
| King John | KJ III.i.104 | The grappling vigour and rough frown of war | The grapling vigor, and rough frowne of Warre |
| King John | KJ IV.i.58.1 | So much as frown on you? | So much as frowne on you. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.213 | Of dangerous majesty, when perchance it frowns | Of dangerous Maiesty, when perchance it frownes |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.96 | If thou but frown on me, or stir thy foot, | If thou but frowne on me, or stirre thy foote, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.159 | And heaven itself doth frown upon the land. | And heauen it selfe doth frowne vpon the Land. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.186 | You are too much of late i'the frown. | You are too much of late i'th'frowne. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.188 | to care for her frowning. Now thou art an 0 without a | to care for her frowning, now thou art an O without a |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.6 | Myself could else outfrown false Fortune's frown. | My selfe could else out-frowne false Fortunes frowne. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.44 | He doth nothing but frown, as who should say, | He doth nothing but frowne (as who should say, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.56 | bad habit of frowning than the Count Palatine; he is | bad habite of frowning then the Count Palentine, he is |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.85 | The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars, | The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.194 | I frown upon him, yet he loves me still. | I frowne vpon him, yet he loues me still. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.195 | O that your frowns would teach my smiles such skill! | O that your frownes would teach my smiles such skil. |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.19 | That even his stubbornness, his checks, his frowns – | That euen his stubbornesse, his checks, his frownes, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.53 | If there be such a dart in princes' frowns, | If there be such a dart in Princes frownes, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.108 | Until our stars that frown lend us a smile. | Vntill our Starres that frowne, lend vs a smile. |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.16 | And frowning brow to brow, ourselves will hear | And frowning brow to brow, our selues will heare |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.178 | But when he frowned it was against the French, | But when he frown'd, it was against the French, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.188 | Unto the frowning judge? Or who pronounced | Vnto the frowning Iudge? Or who pronounc'd |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.68 | That, all without desert, have frowned on me; | That all without desert haue frown'd on me: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.37 | And let my griefs frown on the upper hand. | And let my greefes frowne on the vpper hand |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.284 | The sky doth frown and lour upon our army. | The sky doth frowne, and lowre vpon our Army. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.288 | That frowns on me looks sadly upon him. | That frownes on me, lookes sadly vpon him. |
| Richard III | R3 V.v.21 | That long have frowned upon their enmity! | That long haue frown'd vpon their Enmity: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.39 | I will frown as I pass by, and let them take it as | I wil frown as I passe by, & let thẽ take it as |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.73 | Show a fair presence and put off these frowns, | Shew a faire presence, and put off these frownes, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.96 | I'll frown, and be perverse, and say thee nay, | Ile frowne and be peruerse, and say thee nay, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.188 | The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night, | The gray ey'd morne smiles on the frowning night. Checkring the Easterne Cloudes with streaks of light: And fleckled darknesse like a drunkard reeles. From forth daies path. and Titans burning wheeles: Now ere the Sun aduance his burning eye. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.1 | Now, ere the sun advance his burning eye | The gray ey'd morne smiles on the frowning night, / Checkring the Easterne Cloudes with streaks of light: / And fleckled darknesse like a drunkard reeles, / From forth daies path, and Titans burning wheeles: / Now ere the Sun aduance his burning eye, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.172 | Say that she frown, I'll say she looks as clear | Say that she frowne, Ile say she lookes as cleere |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.241 | Thou canst not frown, thou canst not look askance, | Thou canst not frowne, thou canst not looke a sconce, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.92 | How does my father? Gentles, methinks you frown. | How does my father? gentles methinkes you frowne, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.127 | frown. | frown. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.171 | To bandy word for word and frown for frown. | To bandie word for word, and frowne for frowne; |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.30 | Not a frown further. Go release them, Ariel. | Not a frowne further: Goe, release them Ariell, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.127 | I here could pluck his highness' frown upon you, | I heere could plucke his Highnesse frowne vpon you |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.461 | That dies in tempest of thy angry frown. | That dies in tempest of thy angry frowne. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.11 | And virtue stoops and trembles at her frown. | And vertue stoopes and trembles at her frowne. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.26 | But in the wind and tempest of her frown, | But in the Winde and Tempest of her frowne, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.6 | Frown on, you heavens, effect your rage with speed! | Frowne on you heauens, effect your rage with speede: |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.58 | make out for him. I frown the while, and perchance | make out for him: I frowne the while, and perchance |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.336 | To put on yellow stockings, and to frown | To put on yellow stockings, and to frowne |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.62 | How angerly I taught my brow to frown, | How angerly I taught my brow to frowne, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.3 | Master, Sir Thurio frowns on you. | Master, Sir Thurio frownes on you. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.96 | If she do frown, 'tis not in hate of you, | If she doe frowne, 'tis not in hate of you, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.86 | Hung by a curious baldrick, when he frowns | Hung by a curious Bauldricke; when he frownes |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.136 | He shows a lover, when he frowns, a soldier; | He showes a Lover, when he frownes, a Souldier: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.46 | Is graved, and seems to bury what it frowns on. | Is grav'd, and seemes to bury what it frownes on, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.100 | The trick of's frown; his forehead; nay, the valley, | The trick of's Frowne, his Fore-head, nay, the Valley, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.6 | And frown upon's. | And frowne vpon's. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.53 | The day frowns more and more. Thou'rt like to have | The day frownes more and more: thou'rt like to haue |