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

Gawaine sat gloomily on one of the side benches placed there for petitioners, with his arms folded and his head against the arras.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White