| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.134 | Winnow the truth from falsehood. On, speak to him. | Winnow the truth from falshood. One speake to him. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.189 | most fanned and winnowed opinions; and do but blow | most fond and winnowed opinions; and doe but blow |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.192 | We shall be winnowed with so rough a wind | Wee shall be winnowed with so rough a winde, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.110 | Most throughly to be winnowed, where my chaff | Most throughly to be winnowed, where my Chaffe |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.28 | Puffing at all, winnows the light away, | Puffing at all, winnowes the light away; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.165 | Of such a winnowed purity in love – | Of such a winnowed puriritie in loue: |