As the armed forces swelled in size in the late 1960's, men and women who had not sought work before were drawn into the labor force.

The ample pools of skilled people would presumably disappear if the war lasted long enough and the armed forces swelled in size.

As the dark forces swelled and surged across the hillside toward the thin line of guards, he waited.

The American force in Afghanistan has swelled to 20,000 as different units have rotated in.

Still the force in Carradoon swelled, and restrictions, including a curfew, had been placed on the town.

In March, Kemper's forces again swelled, by some 500 men.

Within three days, the invading force had swelled to 4,000 men.

The earl is later further strengthened by two longships, and his forces swells to twelve ships.

His forces swelled to around 800 men as he prepared to move on Kandahar from the north.

Plainly he did not much like it, but Utprand's forces had swelled his own by a third.