Sentence examples for congenial that from inspiring English sources

Is it a portrait of the performer that exudes funny or congenial, that says "an hour with me will be fun"?

Manea feared that his students would attack Roth for the usual reasons: that his portrayal of women was insufficiently "sympathetic," that his ideas about sex were retrograde, that the hero Mickey Sabbath was neither heroic nor congenial, that the book failed the compassion test.

The city, proudly defending what it says is a congenial design that won approval by the City Council and the city's Public Design Commission, argues that it has no choice.

If they go through a judicial process, can they be guaranteed they will find a congenial system that is working for justice for the people?

The leaves were tightly wrapped around a mix of cooked rice, raisins, nuts, onion, black pepper and cinnamon, a congenial combination that was both sharp-edged and mildly sweet.

There was time to chat with fellow hikers, a congenial group that changed daily, and share stories with our guides, deeply tanned men and women who included a former marine, a woman who grew up on a Nevada cattle ranch and several remarkable retirees, among them a former phys ed teacher who was a daredevil on the rocks.

Taylor writes in a compelling, congenial way that enables him to encompass seeming contradictions.

Washington disliked the "bickering" within the DAR, and to ensure a more "congenial" society that "remained small and cordial", she required that the new organization members also be direct descendants of "a colonist who arrived in America between May 13 , 1607and May 13 , 1687 as well as qualify for the DAR.

We will offer our customers a comfortable, congenial environment that will assure return visits to the Silver Bear Lodge.

He was a congenial guy that everyone liked".

He said there have been occasional flubs but no major blunders, although one viewer was apparently so soothed by Mr. Green's congenial tone that he interrupted the performance to ask a question.