find congenial

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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

Leonardo da Vinci could find congenial relaxation in scientific researches and invention, and our own Fulton was a painter whose scientific studies resulted in steam navigation.

From Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II by Morse, Samuel F. B. (Samuel Finley Breese)

I love to walk, and there are SO few people that I find congenial company.

From Keziah Coffin by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

The whole country is resting on an icy foundation, and earthquakes find congenial conditions when it comes to cracking the crust.

From The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier by Sherman, V. T.

She planned to live in bachelor apartments with a girl chum who was an artist, and hoped to find congenial occupation of some kind.

From The Diamond Pin by Wells, Carolyn