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

But I don't like it when they jump up and down behind the arras like Polonius in Hamlet, trying to distract my attention from the poor old actors.

From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2012

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

There is much talk of a design in the arras.

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