The pearl necklace lay gleaming, the spring Sun from the window picking out the gold pierced-work roundels like sparks.

At this point, after a series of sweeps, it turned off at right angles and pursued a generally southern direction meandering as it went - until it became lost in a small lake of irregular figure (although roughly oval), that lay gleaming near the lower extremity of the vale.

Beyond the ship, the city of Arrakeen lay cold and gleaming in the light of the northern sun.

The snow lay pale and gleaming in the moonlight, piled in the aisles between the runways.

The weapon, which he had kept with him all these years, lay gleaming and polished on the desk top.

As he struggled up a rise in the road, unaware of the huge diamond which lay gleaming and flashing on the far side in the hazy sunshine, Ramu sighed deeply . . . then stopped, bent over his staff, as his sigh turned into a fit of coughing.

One hundred triangular tonds, the principal coinage of the southeast, lay golden and gleaming in the tavern's smoky light.

Friar Alder's large vegetable chopping knives lay sharp and gleaming upon the worn worktable.