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
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
