The nearest creature touched its own breast with its trunk and spoke.

He approached the nearest creature, which was a giant firedog.

The nearest creature reached forward with its trunk.

The nearest creature flinched, startled by her sudden movement.

It was still a damned annoying affectation on a ship at least a hundred lightyears from the nearest equine creature.

The nearest creatures were scant moments from his feet.

The frontiersman dropped to one knee, managed to raise his rifle, but the nearest creature, the one he had wounded, was suddenly on him.

But it might well take hours for the nearest such creatures to reach the scene.

You should breed with the nearest feasible creature of your species, when in season.

The nearest creature prodded its cup at her hands.