I wish I were always young and the picture would grow old.
The lobbying effort comes as the economic picture is growing increasingly bleak for many states.
A few more steps and the picture grew clear: the bricks to one side, the pile of red dust at his feet.
But the picture grows even more distorted with economic growth rates.
And when she came to stand beside him, the picture grew so keen in his thoughts that he actually pulled himself free of her.
The easel was gone, and the picture - like the one in her room - had grown to an enormous size.
But overall, the picture he painted was growing more and more disturbing.
As he did so, a picture of what might have happened gradually grew in his mind.
Now as the picture grew even less certain in his mind, the doubt vanished.
In absence, the picture of her and her goodness grows.