But it had grown noisy out there: dinner was well in progress.
He could hear the crowd growing noisier and sense its rising excitement.
He made his way through the common room that was rapidly growing more crowded and more noisy.
There he bought drinks for the house, but left when the place grew so noisy he couldn't stand it.
With every street we passed the crowd swelled, and grew noisier as people took courage from each other.
Turmoil inside the Olympic committee is nothing new, but recently it has grown far noisier than usual.
Other men came into the tavern after the sun had set, and the place grew noisier as it grew dark outside.
It was growing noisy in the lobby, voices raised in protest and demand.
Local battles over housing for the elderly often grow noisy, but they don't usually lead to a coup d'etat.
Then the wagon turned a corner and Mulberry Street grew noisy again.