I keep highlighting excellent turns of phrase in the book I'm currently reading: A Hymn of Death (Sister Agnes Mysteries Book 5) by Alison Joseph. The author has a way with verbs … 📚

Snippets of text.
The window shivered with raindrops.
Connor O'Grady hugged his knees, curled up on his navy-blue sofa. The white walls of his flat dazzled in the sunlight. Next to him a vase of golden roses exploded with colour.
The paperweight crushed the pale sunlight into a bright, narrow beam.
The door swung open, and in a swish of shiny white mackintosh, Trina arrived.