Describing the aged maltster in Far from the Madding Crowd Indeed, he seemed to approach the grave as a hyperbolic curve approaches a straight line less directly as he got nearer, till it was doubtful if he would ever reach it at all.
Quotes about hyperbolic (4 Quotes)
Unfortunately, I don't think 3 a gallon is a hyperbolic number in some markets anymore.
I had that feeling the minute I met him that I could do a movie about somebody coming back from the dead, ... One of the times when I was getting a little hyperbolic and melodramatic, I wrote down, 'A black-gangster Jesus with the wounds to prove it.'
I've got to admit, it's one of the most fun parts of my job. We laugh our butts off when we do them. They are over-the-top, but the reader knows they're hyperbolic.