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

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

This ready reply and the laughter it occasioned silenced Macklin, and so embarrassed him that he could not get on, till called upon by the general voice of the company.

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)

The illustrious names which decorate this volume are, in general, above our humble praise: their worth has been acknowledged by the general voice, and their eulogia established by the concurring suffrage of nations.

From Percy A Tragedy by More, Hannah