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 can't for the life of me see what you find congenial in a land like this, Miss Westcote."

From Under Sealed Orders by Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred)

We have shown, however, in a previous chapter that there is great variety and diversity of occupation in religious orders, so that all tastes and inclinations can find congenial exercise in them.

From What Shall I Be? A Chat With Young People by Cassilly, Francis Bernard

Father and daughter seemed influenced by a glad hope that their future lives would find congenial association through this renewed confiding.

From Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Lee, Carson Jay