creatures

NOUN

being, beast

Synonyms

STRONGEST

animal critter fellow individual living thing man person soul woman

STRONG

body brute creation mortal party personage quadruped varmint

WEAK

living being lower animal

Antonyms

STRONGEST

plant

WEAK

abstract inanimate

Example Sentences

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Tin Armatures may be made by bending together 5 or 6 thicknesses of tin.

From How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity by St. John, Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew)

Armatures to be used upon electric bells, automatic current interrupters, buzzers, etc., may be called trembling armatures.

From How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity by St. John, Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew)

Armatures are drawn in as near as can be, to close up the magnetic circuit.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 by Various