poor creature

collocation in English

meaningsofpoorandcreature

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poor
adjective
uk
/pɔːr/us
/pʊr/
having little money and/or ...
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creature
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkriː.tʃər/us
/ˈkriː.tʃɚ/
any large or small living thing that can ...
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(Definition ofpoorandcreaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Is the hare coming forward a wormy ill-bredpoorcreatureon which it is not fair to slip the dogs?
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It would be very alien and distracting to me, and yet one could not blame thepoorcreature.
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All of them were tearing at thispoorcreatureand the screams could be heard for 15 seconds before the body was ripped apart.
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The vet put thatpoorcreaturedown, which was perhaps the kindest thing that could happen.
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Youpoorcreature, we really feel sorry for you!
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Both arms, however, bore marks of having been tightly gripped, evidently inflicted while thepoorcreaturewas being held under the water.
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He did not cry and, with doubts surrounding the newborn's health, his aunt exclaimed that she would not have picked such apoorcreatureup in the street.
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Medical opinion is that the high incidence owes much to the overcrowded conditions under which these poor creatures live.
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The poor creatures lived in the main on rice and dried fish—mostly fish.
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It is enough to make people turn in their graves almost to think of the awful torments meted out to these poor creatures.
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The gate is shut upon these poor creatures, the door is locked, and we forget all about them.
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The temptation of these poor creatures is beyond description.
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Here we are pleading for the dead: and they, poor creatures!
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We are always guided by reason; and those poor creatures—they are emotional, and we are not emotional.
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The idea of adopting an older dog and re-homing one of these poor creatures crossed one's mind.
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It is no good telling these poor creatures that.
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He is the very last man to recommend the lash for these poor creatures.
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When one considered how children were being taught to read, one realised just what a muddle some of those poor creatures were in.
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I am wholly unimpressed by the idea that those poor creatures who give money might he at risk because they have done so.
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