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

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

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