oasis

Example Sentences

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It is also an oasis for the poachers and their "mist nets", so thin you can barely see them.

From BBC

First, he has transformed the 1.84-acre plot into a veritable oasis with the help of professional arborists who have planted a plethora of exotic trees throughout the front and back yards.

From MarketWatch

My friends and I have experienced the kind of contradictory adventure this route allows: playing in the snow in the same weekend we visited an oasis shaded by hulking palm trees.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead he took his daily exercise on a running machine in the tiny sports room, which "became – in my situation – a veritable oasis".

From BBC

Compared with classroom chaos, even LAX will seem like an oasis of tranquility.

From Los Angeles Times