| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.281 | is reputed one of the best that is. In a retreat he outruns | is reputed one of the best that is. In a retreate hee outrunnes |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.162 | if these men have defeated the law, and outrun native | if these men haue defeated the Law, and out-runne Natiue |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.73 | Can we outrun the heavens? Good Margaret, stay. | Can we outrun the Heauens? Good Margaret stay. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.14 | It will outrun you, father, in the end. | It will out-runne you, Father, in the end. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.141 | That it do singe yourself. We may outrun | That it do sindge your selfe. We may out-runne |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.108 | Outrun the pauser reason. Here lay Duncan, | Out-run the pawser, Reason. Here lay Duncan, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.84 | say he was outrun on Cotsall. | say he was out-run on Cotsall. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.203 | And sight-outrunning were not. The fire and cracks | And sight out-running were not; the fire, and cracks |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.91 | E'en so. Thou outrunnest grace. Fool, I | E'ne so thou out-runst Grace, / Foole I |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iii.7 | Being nimble-footed, he hath outrun us, | Being nimble footed, he hath out-run vs. |