Many older men in the town joined in the defense, swelling their numbers to about 450.

The crowd swelled to about 1,100, some of whom had tailgated for hours.

Over the next 90 minutes, under a hot sun, the crowd swelled to about 50, according to a police count.

Most styes swell for about 3 days before they break open and drain.

The crowd swelled to about 30,000 people, but the police still refused to open the gates.

The volume of the whole swelled about him like a soft embrace.

Gold was discovered in 1851, and for the next two decades the district's population swelled to about 10,000.

All told, the paper load swells by about a million documents a year.

Many young girls, especially if they are beautiful, get rather swelled opinions about themselves.

The nonprofit group swelled to 500 members, among them about 30 multinational corporations.