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
Subsequently Alberoni was appointed to a more northern country, where he may find congenial society; for, in a despotism tempered only by assassination, the knees of all become pliant before power.
From Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War by Taylor, Richard
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 tried to find congenial work, but nothing came my way.
From Desert Gold by Grey, Zane
