| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.6 | tempest, and, as I may say, whirlwind of your | Tempest, and (as I may say) the Whirle-winde of |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.167 | As when a whirlwind takes the summer dust | As when a wherle winde takes the Summer dust, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.130 | When whirlwind quickly turns up younger trees. | When whirle wind quickly turnes vp yonger trees. |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.57 | whirlwinds, star-blasting, and taking! Do Poor Tom | Whirle-Windes, Starre-blasting, and taking, do poore Tom |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.139 | Confounds thy fame as whirlwinds shake fair buds, | Confounds thy fame, as whirlewinds shake faire budds, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.290 | Thee thither in a whirlwind. If thou wilt, | Thee thither in a whirlewind: if thou wilt, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.120 | Except mine own name. That some whirlwind bear | Except mine own name: That, some whirle-winde beare |