Sentence examples for speaking in general from inspiring English sources

A female psychologist takes him to task for "speaking in general, overly sociological terms"; he responds with the generalization that "this notion of ageing and death is insupportable for the individual human being," and invites her to sleep with him — the only palliative in sight.

He was speaking in general terms about banking business models because firm employees do not generally comment on specific companies.

Q: But Parker was speaking in general terms.

Ms. Harrington emphasized that she was speaking in general terms.

"I was speaking in general terms," she said grandly, when the giggling finished.

Salmond insisted he had been speaking in general terms in his BBC interview.

"You know how it works," he said, speaking in general of the process.

He was speaking in general about the Jets' 19-10 loss to the Patriots.

He begins by speaking in general terms, about the void that Perry helps to fill.

Mr. Samuelsen, speaking in general about station agents, criticized the transit agency for ignoring the needs of its riders.

Valentine later said he did not mean Perez had misunderstood Carlson's directive, but was speaking in general terms.