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

It will be very long, I trust, before romance-writers may find congenial and easily-handled themes either in the annals of our stalwart republic, or in any characteristic and probable events of our individual lives.

From Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

A beautiful home, every luxury, abundant wealth, a companionship she seemed to find congenial ...

From The Rosary by Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa)

I have long thought that your eminently practical turn of mind, my dear friend, would find congenial employment in superintending an 'establishment.'

From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various

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