In that time, their numbers will swell with those who would think to be on the side of might.

The number of students on campus will swell to 700 within five years.

"And it should interest you to know that their numbers had swelled."

By the end of the first day's teaching, the numbers had swelled to six students.

The school's numbers have swelled in the past five years, following a time when some thought the school might close.

Their numbers often swell when economic times are hard because the alternatives cost more.

Then their numbers swelled into the garden in the back.

By the year 2000, the number will swell to at least 65,000.

The group's numbers have since swelled, and now include a third of the Democratic majority.

The next year the number of students swelled to more than 300.