What I had thought would take days was growing to weeks, perhaps months.

He had many miles to go and the day was growing older.

Something changed in the house as the days grew longer.

Her days in bed grew into months and then years.

"These days, few things in the food industry even grow 3 percent."

The morning had vanished and gone by, the day was growing old.

They sat in silence as the day grew about them.

There was a promise of spring in the land, and the days were growing longer.

As the day grew late, they came to a small mountain lake.

That spring was a good one: the days grew longer and gave us more playing time.