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creature comfort

Idioms

Something that contributes to physical comfort, such as food, clothing, or housing. For example, Dean always stayed in the best hotels; he valued his creature comforts. This idiom was first recorded in 1659.

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creature comfort

He first ripped out a patch of artificial grass—a creature comfort running down the middle of the facility—and replaced it with rubber flooring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Name a creature comfort you’ve gotten used to even though you know it makes you kind of a brat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2025

In a nod to Disney, the film did show her indulging in the creature comfort of a hot spring bath.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2020

Thinking before you speak, that natural pause, turns out, for stutterers, to be a creature comfort they can’t always afford.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 15, 2019

And thinking she might be needing some creature comfort they would go over and bend down to listen for her request.

From Quiet Talks on Service by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon

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