creature

Definition

  • noun: an animal of any type
  • noun: something 'created' either animate or inanimate
  • + 'of'
  • synonyms: animal, man, instrument

Examples

  • The industry is still a 'creature of' the 1930s. [=it began in the 1930s and has not changed]

  • They say that these forests are filled with wild 'creatures'. [='beasts']

  • I'm a 'creature of habit'. [=I always do the same things in the same way]

Movie quotes

  • (..) The first storm and the last. And you're in my way. ( screaming ) Lord, take your servant Balon back beneath the waves. Feed the creatures of your kingdom on his flesh. Pull his bones down to your depths to rest beside his ancestors and his children. All: What is dead may never die. (..)
    2016 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Home Season: 6 Episode 2
  • (..) They've spilled more blood than the rest of us combined. Go on, then. I deserve it. We all do. We are weak, vain creatures. We live only by the Mother's mercy. ( footsteps ) They should be closer if you mean for them to save you. I don't. (..)
    2016 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Home Season: 6 Episode 2