find congenial
Example Sentences
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Last week the district held its third recall election in three years to decide which faction had the majority to hire a superintendent it would find congenial.
From Time Magazine Archive
Northern scholars, like Rudolf Agricola, hurried south to find congenial air at the centre of intellectual life.
From English Travellers of the Renaissance by Howard, Clare
The Strait of Magellan is only fit as an abiding-place for seals, waterfowl, and otters; humanity can hardly find congenial foothold here.
From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray
"Perhaps you felt the place rather strange at first, and now, as you find congenial acquaintances, you feel, as we English say, 'more at home.'"
From The Man Who Rose Again by Hocking, Joseph
I tried to find congenial work, but nothing came my way.
From Desert Gold by Grey, Zane
