The planning staff increased from a handful to about 400.

But it has grown to 500 traders from a handful at the beginning.

Each has grown from a handful of employees to about 350 today.

Over the years it has grown from a handful of students to around 30 active members.

Under his leadership, union membership in California grew from a handful to more than 105,000 by 1972.

Giving circles can range in size from a handful of members to several hundred.

But from a handful of people, I'd take their word for it.

Now we have gone from a handful to 60 in less than a year.

He stopped to answer questions from a handful of reporters who followed him.

It started in 1979, and grew from a handful of people to nearly 200,000 visitors at the end.