arras

Example Sentences

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Staged moments — characters eavesdropping like Polonius behind his arras, lovers exchanging vows — baldly recall the genre’s cliches.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2015

So frequently does the play come up, indeed, that it has become a tradition at the annual Critics' Circle dinner to nail one Sambuca for every arras you've seen stabbed.

From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2010

It is only possible to do the job properly from behind the arras.

From The Guardian • Oct. 9, 2010

Their keynoter was Archbishop Edward Mooney of Detroit, board chairman of the N.C.W.C.�a prelate who is seldom seen in public but who, behind the arras, is one of the most influential hierarchs in the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Was my father, as he crouched behind the arras, yet another unwilling player in a drama contrived by Claudius?

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein