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

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

The arras that hid my father and Claudius barely stirred.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein