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

As not a single soul was known to have survived, the general voice of terror and exasperation had at length decided the ruling powers to move in the matter.

From The Tower of Dago by Jókai, Mór

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

Has not the general voice of his countrymen long ago pronounced upon the subject sentence without trial, and condemnation without a charge?

From My Recollections of Lord Byron by Jerningham, Hubert E. H. (Hubert Edward Henry), Sir