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

All hail'd, with uncontroll'd delight, And general voice, the happy night That to the cottage, as the crown, Brought tidings of salvation down!

From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by Dawson, William Francis

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

The Times, in a leader devoted to the subject, apparently expressed the general voice: “‘Back to Gibbon’ is already, both here and among the scholars of Germany and France, the watchword of the younger historians.”

From Historical Essays by Rhodes, James Ford