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]
(..) A bet! Who do you fancy in the next? Kusolev. I'm on Vronsky. Pair of gloves? Done. Alexander Vronsky. You are an exquisite creature. You really ought to be the spoils of victory today. Yah! Yah! Go, Frou-Frou! Go! Go! (..)2012 Anna Karenina
(..) I'm Countess Vronskaya. I've been in St. Petersburg for the christening of a granddaughter. My eldest son married Princess Chirkov. You're a charming creature. Why don't I know you? I've never been in Moscow society, really. But you know my name. -I've heard you mentioned. -Talked about, you mean? (..)2012 Anna Karenina