It simply accumulated around her, a little more each day and each night.
A growing organism increases in size in all of its parts, rather than simply accumulating matter.
Indeed, it could be the other way around - that those afflicted with Alzheimer's disease simply accumulate aluminum in their tissue.
The remaining oxygen atoms simply accumulate in the atmosphere.
Ikey didn't need or use money for the material things it could buy, he simply accumulated it.
A player will simply accumulate armies in one place without attacking other players.
If that is not the case, then the returns owing to the investors simply accumulate until circumstances permit them to be paid.
Maybe this interior was never actually designed, but instead allowed a bunch of components to simply accumulate within it.
In some cases, the owner simply accumulates fines, sometimes for more than a year.
Unless we know quite soon what is to happen next in Kosovo, the difficulties will simply accumulate down there.