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

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

It is then that he should remember the wisdom of the unjust steward, so that when he is cast out of the House of Knowledge he may find congenial friends in the habitations of Ignorance.

From The Gentle Reader by Crothers, Samuel McChord

I tried to find congenial work, but nothing came my way.

From Desert Gold by Grey, Zane

I am not appreciated, not understood; and I shall never be, till I can get to London,—till I can find congenial spirits, and take my rightful place in the great parliament of mind.

From Two Years Ago, Volume I by Kingsley, Charles