The phrase "a more general sentiment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing broader feelings or opinions that encompass a wider range of thoughts or emotions.
Example: "While some may disagree, there is a more general sentiment among the public that change is necessary."
Alternatives: "a broader feeling" or "a wider opinion".
The chorus, "If you knew now what you knew then/You wouldn't want to go home," is a more general sentiment that I imagine someone somewhere might relate to.
Do you think this is a side effect of growing older, or a more general sentiment shared by Americans of all ages?
We focused too much attention on tax returns and Trump's business record, and not enough on a more general sentiment that Washington had forgotten broad swaths of the American people.
Aging-related factors were also prevalent in the responses of a number of patients, including fear of falling due to poor balance, as well as a more general sentiment of being unable to exercise "because I am too old".
You can imagine how that data, in turn, could be used by compensation committees to determine pay rises, or by a boss to track how larger projects are proceeding, or specific employees and progressing, or more general sentiment and morale at work.
A more general anti-psychiatry sentiment, and certain traditions ("psychosocial", "humanistic", "psychoanalytic") were also experienced to moderately or severely hamper autism research by half of the respondents.
But against the backdrop of Europe's refugee drama, the far-right Freedom Party is threatening the Social Democrats' hold in what may portend a more general rise in populist, anti-immigrant sentiment across the Continent.
To some, anti-American brand sentiments express a more general cynicism about bland marketing.
Warren and Brandeis felt a variety of existing cases could be protected under a more general right to privacy which would protect the extent to which one's thoughts, sentiments, and emotions could be shared with others.
