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
There is much talk of a design in the arras.
From Time Magazine Archive
An arras hanging on a wall billows, as if stirred by a strong wind, and from behind it scurries a creature with the face of my father.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Vocabulary lists containing arras
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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Much Ado About Nothing
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The Taming of the Shrew
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