Sentence examples for population swelled from inspiring English sources

At its peak, the town's population swelled to more than 1,000.

Within a decade, families ballooned, and the population swelled to 35,000.

As its population swelled and land ran out, they moved on to the water.

Nightly roundups of Iraqis became routine, overwhelming soldiers at the prison as the detainee population swelled.

The population swelled, aided by a newly developed network of canals, roads, and railroads.

Between 2000 and 2006 its population swelled by 6.4%, according to the Census Bureau.

Several dozen such buildings have been used in recent years as the homeless population swelled.

Its population swelled during the great migration of Southern blacks seeking jobs after World War I.

More clashes followed, and the population swelled further with the arrival a decade later of Jewish refugees fleeing Hitler's Europe.

Between 1896 and 1898, the population swelled to 40,000, and it was the largest city north of San Francisco.

Mineola's population swells to about 35,000 during the workday.