The story grew grander each time, until according to the teller, an entire brigade of ogres had been routed.
Gardens, like memories, can grow grander with time.
But like that of the larger African-American community it served, its vision grew grander over time.
Mountain, plain, sea and sky - the scale has grown suddenly grander.
Thus, in college, high school achievements grow grander; starting out in a career, a college reputation is burnished brighter.
Gradually, as the authority and its leaders grew bolder, the projects grew grander.
The project proved to be her largest and most complex, as Hearst's vision for his estate grew ever grander over the decades of planning and construction.
Over the next two decades, the shopping centers grew bigger and grander until they turned into glossy regional malls.
The streets grew busier and the houses grander.
After his parents died, his stories grew even grander.