Sentence examples for congenial notion from inspiring English sources

It is hard not to conclude that, in limiting his reference to the Feldhofer in this way, Darwin was grasping at the politically congenial notion that the Neanderthaler, ancient as it was, was simply a bizarre kind of modern human.

Boswell wrote, "To see Dr. Samuel Johnson, the great champion of the English Tories, salute Miss Flora MacDonald in the isle of Sky, was a striking sight; for though somewhat congenial in their notions, it was very improbable they should meet here".

No doubt this pedantic Platonic notion is more congenial to some listeners than to others, but it would be hard to deny that "reference performances," like reference books, have their uses.

The slender narrative thread of "Ten Chimneys" derives from the notion that the Lunt-Fontanne marriage was more a congenial business alliance and firm friendship than a potent love match — as was indeed widely considered to be the case.

Cheng Li, of the Brookings Institution, has noted that, contrary to the myth of "democracy by osmosis" — the notion that simply living in the U.S. will make foreigners more congenial to democratic-liberal ideas — many of the most strident nationalist books in China are written by people who have returned from abroad.

The notion that Judaism is about diversity and pluralism reflects a multicultural, freethinking liberalism that is very congenial to the books' secular, English-speaking audience.

Chomsky finds this idea congenial: being of a logical rather than an anthropological or literary temperament, he has never been attracted to the notion that psychological originality or cultural variety is essential to what it means to be human.

Congenial souls wanted.

Chatty and congenial?

It was a congenial fusion.

Everyone's not congenial!