fellow creature

collocation in English

meaningsoffellowandcreature

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fellow
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈfel.əʊ/us
/ˈfel.oʊ/
used to refer to someone who has the same job or interests as you, or is in the same situation ...
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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 offellowandcreaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If indeed the word "charity"means"love", how can one better express one's love of one'sfellowcreature than by endeavouring to raise him by education from illiteracy to knowledge?
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Drivers go at such speeds that they do not know when they knock down a pedal cyclist, or when somefellowcreaturehas been sent suddenly into eternity.
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No self-respecting person, no person of any experience, wishes to imperil a decent doctor who has performed a terrible task and has deprived afellowcreatureof life.
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One's fellow creatures must be neither self-sufficient nor beyond harm.
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Divine commands which encapsulate advice will, moreover, have weight far beyond the advice of our fellow creatures.
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I believe that we are far too slow to realise our responsibility towards our fellow creatures of the world.
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For multi-millions of our fellow creatures live in squalor, and darkness.
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They love to live among their fellow creatures, but it is usually the oldest room in the house which is offered to them.
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Their ambition is not to get rich or to do anything to the detriment of their fellow creatures.
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After all, they are our own fellow creatures—men, women, and children whom the country cannot do without.
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It is not the only example of man's inhumanity to his fellow creatures or of his cruelty or oppression.
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I myself, like most of my fellow creatures, am both a pedestrian and a motorist.
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When some of our fellow creatures may be regarded as subhuman, there is a tendency to regard them as more readily expendable.
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I think we have come to realise our greater responsibility to our fellow creatures of the animal world.
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Only then will they be seen to respond to our natural trait to care about fellow creatures on this earth.
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His sole ambition was the betterment of the lot of his fellow creatures.
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It is natural to mankind to be willing to oppress their fellow creatures.
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Fourthly, to be indifferent to our fellow creatures is the essence of inhumanity.
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