| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.viii.11.1 | Wrench up thy power to th' highest. | Wrench vp thy power to th' highest. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.108 | acquainted with your manner of wrenching the true | acquainted with your maner of wrenching the true |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.167.1 | Did break i'th' wrenching. | Did breake ith'wrenching. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.265 | Which, like an engine, wrenched my frame of nature | Which like an Engine, wrencht my frame of Nature |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.62 | Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand, | Thence to be wrencht with an vnlineall Hand, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.14 | Wrench awe from fools, and tie the wiser souls | Wrench awe from fooles, and tye the wiser soules |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.285.1 | Wrench his sword from him. | Wrench his Sword from him. |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.52 | 'Tis wondrous heavy. Wrench it open straight. | t'is woondrous heauie; / Wrench it open straight: |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.58.2 | Wrench it open. Soft! | Wrench it open soft; |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.22 | Give me that mattock and the wrenching iron. | Giue me that Mattocke, & the wrenching Iron, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.214 | May catch a wrench – would all were well – 'tis pity. | May catch a wrench; would all were well; tis pitty, |