Sentence examples for * congenial of from inspiring English sources

"Lumen" belongs to the least congenial of literary genres: the philosophical dialogue.

Moreover, in counterbalance to his private torments, Jackson was publicly the kindest and most congenial of men.

Bob Nystrom, the most congenial of men off the ice, was the meanest of competitors on it.

The ubiquity and in-your-face aesthetics of television take a harsher toll than movies on all but the most congenial of top talents.

On a personal level, Neuberger is giving up a comfortable berth at the law courts in the Strand, where he can choose to sit with the most congenial of his many fellow judges, in exchange for a much smaller 12-judge court in Westminster, physically isolated from the rest of the judiciary and where tensions are never far below the surface.

He was arguably living in the most congenial of worlds for someone with his outlook on life.

Adding to the pleasure of being here is the impeccable, unobtrusive service by a large staff trained by Glenn Vogt, one of the most professional, congenial front-of-the-house managers in the business.

A profligate by nature, Wilkes became a member of the congenial society of the "Medmenham Monks," members of the so-called Hell-Fire Club who met occasionally in the ruins of St. Mary's Abbey at Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, to indulge in debauchery and the performance of Black Masses.

As a result, with the exception of the more postcard-congenial of his still-lifes, or his sun-drenched Mediterranean views, or his late, monumental scenes of bathers and despite some smoldering and now and then combusting glories of color Cézanne's fate has been to be revered more than enjoyed.

Was it partly because of the congenial milieu of artists - Bacon, Freud, Hockney, Auerbach - and all those other guys you corralled into the School of London?

He had a great appreciation of Greek culture and enjoyed relaxing in the congenial atmosphere of the Greek cities of Sicily, conduct that provoked the anger of old-fashioned Romans such as Cato.