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How to use congenial in a sentence

13 example sentences · adjective

Congenial means having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests. Example: “The congenial bartender makes the Hog’s Head an inviting place to hang out during the weekends.”

Examples of congenial by meaning

adjectiveFriendly or sociable.

  • The congenial bartender makes the Hog’s Head an inviting place to hang out during the weekends.

adjectiveSuitable to one’s needs.

  • What was it that made this notion of mimesis, in spite of its inherent difficulties that only the dialectical method enables him to avoid, seem so useful and congenial to Plato?1961, J. A. Philip, “Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato”, in Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92, pages...

adjectiveAgreeable to one's disposition.

  • To the question 'what is a "mechanical" process?' Turing returned the characteristic answer 'Something that can be done by a machine' and he embarked on the highly congenial task of analysing the general notion of a computing machine.1995, Robin Gandy, “The Confluence of Ideas in 1936”, in The Universal Turing Machine—A Half-Century Survey

More sentences with congenial

  • His signature was a cryptogram, one of those ænigmata so congenial to the Anglo-Saxon imagination.2002, Peter Ackroyd, Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination, Chatto & Windus, page 22. From the entry ænigmata
  • Each animatrice selects tend to be congenial, willing and vivacious.1999, Gretchen G. Berggren, Warren L. Berggren, Erve Bottex, Barton R. Burkhalter, Robert S. Northrup, “II. Scaling Up the Grassroots”…. From the entry animatrice
  • The library, whether it be on a dirt road or a superhighway, is a congenial home for book-lovers.1999 October, Robert Hood, “Going to the Library”, in Scouting, page 46. From the entry book-lover
  • When the mosque came under the influence of an evangelical Muslim group (Jamaati Tableegh), the formerly congenial situation changed noticeably.1987, Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Islamic Values in the United States: A Comparative Study, page 10. From the entry evangelical
  • I suggested that we might remove discussion from the middle of the street to some more congenial spot.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 192. From the entry bar parlour
  • To such a hide-bound Great Western man as myself it did not at first prove a very congenial diet.1944 November and December, Talisman, “A Broadening Horizon”, in Railway Magazine, page 339. From the entry hide-bound
  • Maude George, one of the cleverest of actresses who play the adventureress and the conniving woman, is another handsome woman found in congenial circumstances.1917 February 3, “Kerrigan Picture Here. A Spectacular Picture Will Be Shown At the Rath Monday.”, in Dodge City Daily Globe, volume 6…. From the entry adventureress
  • The task was a novel and not unwholly congenial one, but he finally got the attention of a saleswoman and made his wishes known.1911, Harper's Magazine. From the entry saleswoman
  • That philosophy of the relation of psyche and soma which may be called materialistic nonism, the philosophy most congenial to behaviorists, was as ancient as Greek thought.1938, Willard Harrell, Ross Harrison, “The rise and fall of behaviorism”, in The Journal of general psychology, volume 18, number 2. From the entry nonism
  • I'm in dire need of someone who will be so kind as to let me have a few moments of their leisure time in congenial correspondence as a much-needed friend.1987 February 1, Donnie Whitlock, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 28, page 14. From the entry would you be so kind as to

Meaning of congenial

  1. adjective Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests.
  2. adjective Friendly or sociable.
  3. adjective Suitable to one’s needs.

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Questions about congenial in a sentence

How do you use congenial in a sentence?
Congenial is used as an adjective. For example: “The congenial bartender makes the Hog’s Head an inviting place to hang out during the weekends.”
What is a short sentence with congenial?
“Each animatrice selects tend to be congenial, willing and vivacious.”
What does congenial mean?
Congenial means having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests.

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