Low-wattage bulbs shone yellow amid the black furniture and rough whitewashed walls.

Briefly, Déguignet felt vindicated as he saw his name "shining amid literary luminaries."

While stock markets the world over crumbled last year, there was at least one economy that shone amid the rubble.

Carville shone his flashlight around the pipes amid the joists overhead.

It shines amid a deep gloom as if by an evil moon - though there is no moon.

- like a jewel shining amid the ornate dullness.

The sun, which had kept company withAdes for so long, now shone in lonely splendor, amid emptiness, devoid of its companion.

The government has even built a two-storey community centre, shining white amid the pines and bamboo.

While Roger stared, lights shone amid the trees.

The building's original yellowish stone and deep red brick, cleaned of paint, now shine amid the other buildings' more sober coloring.