| Governments rose and fell, new participants swelled the ranks of the political elite, and the middle class kept expanding. |
| The berth was spacious, mostly under the waterline where the Grand Adventure swelled out to an impressive size. |
| Their chests swelled with pride as they saluted the general, did an about-face, and marched away exuberantly. |
| A large welt had swelled upon his head, but to his credit the blow hadn't caused him to bleed. |
| As the evening progressed numbers grew and the crowd was swelled by people of other ethnic origins including white and Afro-Caribbean youths. |
| Offshore, breakers swelled in the whitecaps and then crashed in the shallow water, strong enough to body surf for twenty yards. |
