general voice

Example Sentences

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The phone line to the county elections office leads to a recording, with no general voice mail or ability to reach a human with an election problem.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2020

She says: "Choirs of singers are a really lovely metaphor for any political group because you've got the general voice but you are also thinking about how the particular voice operates within it."

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2015

Although there are some few persons who deny that free labour is less expensive than slavery, yet the general voice pronounces it to be a system beneficial to the country.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

It grew, it became deep and surrounding as the atmosphere, it increased into the general voice of the county, and the voice passed the Botetourt Resolutions.

From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary

For this purpose, Matthew Smith and James Gibson were appointed by the general voice; and two papers, a “Declaration” and a “Remonstrance,” were drawn up, addressed to the governor and Assembly.

From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Parkman, Francis