In the years he lived on the museum grounds, he grew stouter and stouter, until, toward the end of his life, he became enormously fat.
Techniques for making them weren't perfected until toward the end of the 18th century, when they became symbols of sophistication and status.
We kept them in a bucket of seawater on our porch until, toward the end of that week, we had enough to make chowder.
It would seem an apolitical work until, toward the end, the sinuous, free movements of individuals are juxtaposed against a rigidly marching group.
Elevation steadily increases west of the Caribbean lowlands, until, toward the Pacific Coast, plateau highlands culminate in mountain ridges and some 40 volcanic cones, some of which attain elevations of more than 12,000 feet (3,700 metres).
However, their armies did not move from the latter location until toward the end of the war, when they marched up the Danube to become the main instrument of Allied authority in south-central Europe in the immediate postwar years.
It is now unusual to encounter a contemporary designer without a Web site, blog or social media presence, but the World Wide Web did not exist until toward the end of Tallon's career.
But "Dances at a Gathering" made its mark, too, even if its romantic rites to Chopin didn't quite attain the ideal level of grace and mystery until toward the end.
