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]
(..) he was. I'm so sorry, I didn't-- Ah, don't worry yourself. You're not alone. Seriously misunderstood creatures, spiders are. The eyes I reckon, they unnerve some folk. Not to mention the pincers. (..)2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(..) They've been known to sing at Boxing Day, you know? - Quibbler? - Oh, please. What's a Wrackspurt? Invisible creatures, they flow in your ears and make your brain go fuzzy. Quibbler! So what was Draco doing with that weird-looking cabinet? (..)2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince