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Example sentences for "general feeling"

  • Burdett; the new member is seated astride a barrel of his own brewing, the “stingo” is pouring forth from spigot and vent-peg.

  • Elections happily brought both food and occupation to the caricaturists and satirists, as it has been shown.

  • But as yet such questions had not been as accurately examined as subsequent events caused them to be; and Wilkes's assertion of royal responsibility to this extent probably coincided with the general feeling on the subject.

  • And Pitt had no doubt that there would be a general feeling "that some provision ought to be made on this subject" in the arrangements for the new Parliament.

  • There was a general feeling in the community yesterday that the sudden and unlooked for ordering out of the troops to adjust the railroad difficulty was not the wisest course that might have been pursued.

  • There was a general feeling of quietude among our citizens, and hopes that the strike was passed.

  • A general feeling of sorrow is everywhere manifest.

  • A general feeling of relief was manifest everywhere around camp.

  • There appears to have been a general feeling of regret or disapproval of the visit to Paris, even on the part of those who are most friendly to the two Lords.

  • There appears to be a general feeling of uneasiness, almost of alarm, as if something was impending to disturb the peace of the world and interrupt the prosperity of nations, though nobody can very well tell what it is they dread.

  • There has come up among them a general feeling that it's just as well to let things slide,--as the Yankees say.

  • But in the midst of it all no office was assigned to Phineas Finn; and there was a general feeling, not expressed, but understood, that his affair with Mr. Kennedy stood in his way.

  • He took 12 grains, and was then seized with giddiness and a general feeling of torpor.

  • Blisters formed on the tongue, and there was salivation, with great difficulty in swallowing, and a general feeling of illness.

  • Fortunately it was after midnight and few saw it; but there was a general feeling of regret among us all that a man so highly respected should have so lost his temper.

  • There was a general feeling that it was dangerous for Germany to resent this, and a statesman of another mold would have deprecated these attacks, or sought to mitigate them.

  • There was, however, a general feeling of surprise and amusement at the idea of two boys voluntarily taking lessons in Spanish.

  • Tom spoke so good-temperedly that there was a general feeling in his favor, and several of them who had before thought with Mitcham, that the new-comers were not inclined to be sociable, felt that they had been mistaken.

  • Ignorant as were the great bulk of those gathered at the Villa Spinola of Garibaldi's plans, they knew that the movement was to begin that night, and there was a general feeling of restlessness and excitement as evening approached.

  • They were copied into every paper in the kingdom, and created a general feeling of indignation and disgust.

  • I knew that my own letters had excited a general feeling of horror at the accounts of the dungeons in which political prisoners were confined, and I determined to make the best of matters.

  • There was a general feeling of relief throughout the Legations when it became known that the Ministers had answered guardedly.

  • No news had come of the relief force, and there was a general feeling of disquietude concerning it.

  • Nevertheless, although the position was re–established, a general feeling of depression was felt.

  • I expect that they do so even more seldom now, for my fatherʼs last letter tells me that there is a general feeling of disquiet, and that letters from missionaries up the country say the same thing.

  • There was a general feeling of disappointment among the gallant defenders of Quatre Bras when on the following morning orders were issued for them to abandon the ground they had so stoutly held.

  • Soldiers are always fond of change; and although there were few more pleasant quarters than Cork, there was a general feeling of animation and excitement at the thought of service at the other side of the Atlantic.

  • There was a general feeling of depression in the regiment when it was known that the transports had arrived in harbor.

  • There was a general feeling of satisfaction when the low coast round Ostend was sighted, for the voyage throughout had been a rough one.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    general appearance; general catalogue; general favorite; general favourite; general judgment; general laws; general level; general pardon; general policy; general power; general prices; general principles; general service; general society; general tendency; general utility; general were; generally accepted; generally admitted; generally called; generally distributed; generally recognised; generally speaking; sakes alive; stamped paper; this form