We watch the leaf which has fallen upon their shoulder, and it lies at the curve of their neck, and a drop of dew glistens upon it like a jewel.

Black drops glistened on the black pane like tears.

Eeves looked up and said, "Yeah," and a drop of sweat glistened and disengaged itself from the end of his long Vermont nose.

A single drop of moisture glistened at its tip.

I pointed the flashlight, and several large drops glistened on dead leaves about six feet down from where I was.

'There's many a fine lady like yourself begged me for a sight of this, I can tell you, so take a good look . . .' He rubbed his hand slowly, luxuriantly, along the rigid shaft and a drop of clear moisture gleamed and dropped, glistening, on to her tender breast.

A single drop of human blood glistened upon the floor.

They were walking along the embankment, stepping over the rotten ties between the rusty rails, and Redrick watched the drops of condensed fog glisten on Arthur Burbridge's leather jacket.

Here and there, we also encounter the occasional infelicity ("my eyes penetrated inside her mouth") and bits of lazy prose ("droplets of sweat gleamed in his curly blond hair," then a few pages later, "drops of water glistened in his curly blond hair").