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UK
/kɹˈiːtʃɐ/
]
[ US /ˈkɹitʃɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈkɹitʃɝ/ ]
NOUN
- a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
- a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
- a human being; `wight' is an archaic term
How To Use creature In A Sentence
- Richardson, are proprietors of shows, and the berouged, bedraggled creatures who exhibit on the platform outside for their living. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843
- Mr Boardman said: ‘I was out walking with my wife and dog when we happened across a little cove and we found the creature in the flotsam that had been washed up.’
- These creatures have the reputation of being smelly, vicious, spiteful and unreliable.
- What we do have here is a rather queer looking creature with a faceless Charlie Brown head, duck legs, two jointless yet pliable arms, and tentacles.
- But many creatures besides humans have thrived without them and continue to do just fine, thank you very much. Smithsonian Mag
- They were all swiping their phones in the same way, capturing creatures that weren't there. Times, Sunday Times
- Seeing these majestic and beautiful creatures in their natural habitat was one of the most moving and incredible experiences of my life. The Sun
- A spongy, Dijon-colored city of algae and microscopic creatures that floats on the surface, periphyton cleanses the Everglades of excess nutrients and pollutants.
- By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe. Albert Schweitzer
- Experts agree that hippos belong to the mammalian order Artiodactyla, a group of even-toed, hoofed creatures whose extant representatives include camels, pigs and ruminants such as cows.
