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
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
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
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)
The several species used for stocks differ widely in the requirements affecting growth so that the grower must make certain that the resistant stock he selects will find congenial surroundings.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.
