How To Use Oasis In A Sentence

The immaculately tended gardens are an oasis in the midst of Cairo's urban sprawl.
Her office was an oasis of peace and sanity amid the surrounding chaos.
I am so utterly embarassed to call myself an american with this awful congress and president we have, I mean seriously this is like amatuer night at the oasis! Senate vote to kick off Wall Street reform push
With elegant, modern decor, it is a luxurious urban oasis in the heart of the city. Times, Sunday Times
The immaculately tended gardens are an oasis in the midst of Cairo's urban sprawl.

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The show opened as a surreal oasis of calm and culture in a tense and jittery city. Times, Sunday Times
You shouldn't need oasis in a narrow container as the flowers won't have room to move about.
Speeding along the route of the ancient Silk Road, we passed between irrigated fields of melons, cabbages and sunflowers, part of the great oasis stretching eastwards from Tashkent.
The presence of Woodland rim and body sherds and Great Oasis pottery, including entire vessels, already has been noted.
Both stressed that they were financing the expedition out of their own pockets and all the funds they raise will go directly to Oasis House.
The Pythian was a downtown oasis of offices and meeting spaces for black professionals, clubs, night classes and social events. All things reconsidered: NPR's Michele Norris tells her family's complete story
Of course, native birds such as the American coot, mallard, and Brewer's blackbird also used this valuable oasis.
Whereas my little oasis, one of thirty `professional person's dwellings ', was five minutes from every city centre amenity. KICK BACK
In the time of Muhammad, Khaibar was a fertile oasis in the Arabian desert.
She agrees and, along with her husband, travels upstate to the secluded, wooded oasis.
The process can take ten minutes, but the pain eases and I find an oasis of comfort. Times, Sunday Times
In a critical moment like this, the infusion of Chinese capital is like an oasis in the desert.
The Sahara is a cozy, refreshing oasis that serves authentic Tunisian and Moroccan cuisine - no fusion stuff whatsoever.
Beyond Mr Jefferson's high black hat, through those tangled dew-drops of flame, Mr Goosevort saw golden hair glide softly through the oasis of bodies gathered vaguely round the stage, Mr Umberto and Mrs. Jefferson laughed again together, and Mr Howle's mournful ululation could be heard adrift a lake of rabble... golden hair turning away and fluttering into the shadow of a winding stairway. Mr Goosevort
Oasis had a reputation as one of rock's most impressive live acts.
The green oasis is a rare sight in a country that has now endured more than a year of conflict. Times, Sunday Times
It's an oasis of peace. Times, Sunday Times
Their fans would say that they consistently outshone their indie contemporaries Blur and Oasis.
Timia is a gem of an oasis, a well watered valley, fringed by mountains.
In LaChapelle's interpretation of the desert oasis, it is almost as if the city does not know that it is the epitome of tack and distaste.
Our spy was led downstairs into an oasis of calm. Times, Sunday Times
No, they don't do Oasis covers - heaven forbid - but the pummelling volume took my lugholes back to that school hall in 1994.
A short walk out of the centre brings you to the cool stone walls of the cloistered courtyard, a welcome oasis of calm away from the busy city streets.
The sewage lagoons provided a very localized but relatively species-rich ecosystem, which acted as a cutrophic oasis of algae and aquatic macrophytes and benefited birds at several trophic levels.
All right, so their influences are truly opaque: The Beatles, Beach Boys and Oasis, but they have written some corkers and given a new twist to bubblegum pop.
From his map, he knows there is an oasis somewhere in the near distance.
Enjoy your last full week in an oasis of fortuity.
The Plaza, with its canopy of acacias, jacarandas and monkey-puzzles offers an oasis of calm from both the traffic noise and soaring heat of midday.
In a city teeming with traffic and tourists, it is a glorious oasis of calm.
Next weekend, haul out your sleeping bag, your camp stove and your bug repellent as Oasis, the party in the badlands, takes to the wilds of Drumheller in search of the perfect combo of beat manipulation, bonfires and marshmallows.
Promoting artisanal activities like basket-making has particularly strengthened the position of women in the oasis communities.
Timia is a gem of an oasis, a well watered valley, fringed by mountains.
Within minutes the miniature oasis was no more, a flavescent smudge of decay against the sickly, pallid earth. A Triumph of Souls
In such a situation, the possibility of going away on an international residency presents itself as a very real relief, a providential oasis or retreat to an artist.
The tensioned structure doesn't touch down at oasis pools or incorporate mist jets -- it's just a very cool canopy. David Glick: Interboro Partners' 2011 P.S.1 Installation, and Past Winners
Perhaps you live in a city and crave a tranquil oasis that is an escape from the hustle and bustle of your surroundings. Times, Sunday Times
The odd, unexpected rhyme can come like an oasis in a desert of disconnected thought and jarring line breaks.
They needed to stay on the pathway that led towards the only oasis in the desert and to the only village strong enough to live in this heat.
Located in the city's west Hongqiao area, the hotel is in a forest of several hundred camphors, pines and maidenhair trees - a green oasis in a metropolis.
It would be a private oasis, a white, fluffy heaven: Valhalla for the true shredders.
Why should it be the obligation of the viewer to distinguish a fictional portrayal from a real-life oasis of urban calm? Times, Sunday Times
Some stopped to pray at the open-air altar, others walked slowly and quietly around marvelling at this little oasis of peace.
Collector's Cafe, a Myrtle Beach gallery and restaurant modeled after the art bistros of 17 th-century Europe, is an oasis of sophistication in a vast playground of lowbrow beach fun.
It's an oasis for me, and I am deeply thankful for your honest writing and willingness to share your life in some way.
He found the oasis, where spring water greened the fields of a small village.
We went to the Oasis pool straight away but there the advantages ended; after entry we had to wait for available changing cubicles.
In touring with the likes of Oasis and The Charlatans, The Music have rapidly acquired a fierce live reputation.
Lots of cool bridges, rocks and waterfalls make this a small oasis in the concrete jungle.
Beyond it lies another world, quite unlike the one on bustling Queen West, a serene, unworldly oasis of miniature food, quaint dishes and exotic teas.
Oasis are headliners, but I've seen them twice this year so I didn't really wanna go for them.
The fish seem to love the surface layers at this budget-priced urban oasis with a couple of anglers getting a bite with chuck fishing casters on the drop.
However Leigh Creek has survived them all and prospered to become an oasis in the desert.
The oasis was my only source for waterfowl, and I spotted a little bittern, a moorhen and a pair of red-wattled plovers with their distinctive - if not extremely annoying - voice.
This peaceful little oasis of piety and good will might be described as an anteroom of heaven. NYT > Home Page
There is nothing quite like following Oasis as an exercise in masochism.
+ [PII] + [geneaology] + 'oases': a multiplix definition of 'oasis'. Archive 2009-12-01
Florida, land of limpkins, oasis of anhingas, gathering place of gallinules, offers some of the most distinctive birding in the United States.
The slow Blues movement is a serene oasis of calm at the heart of the work. Times, Sunday Times
That model was the only document providing an economic rationale for the Oasis project.
Their tranquil oasis of female companionship was no more. COURTESANS
The Plaza, with its canopy of acacias, jacarandas and monkey-puzzles offers an oasis of calm from both the traffic noise and soaring heat of midday.
(Oasis, Ash, The Verve) and recorded in rural Wales, this is a big leap forward for the band and adds the newfound grandeur of string arrangements to their raw 70s pop and pub rock influenced tunes, delivered as ever in thick, near-impenetrable Dundonian accents. VeryCD - 电驴资源订阅
Personals is an online oasis for single people seeking dates, romance, and lifelong partners.
Work used to be an oasis of calm where parents, in the past mainly fathers, could gain identity and self-respect.
It was most unlike the soft earth of the oasis, and her first running steps jarred her knees and hurt her bare feet.
The common conception of the city as a dense grid of masonry buildings dates to early desert oasis civilizations such as Mesopotamia but was uncharacteristic of many other environments.
That oasis includes palm trees, a peace lily, a corn plant, even a pachira plant - a so-called money tree.
Cheerful Skewering. By contrast, their early music had exuberance and an occasional oasis of unexpected harmony, but otherwise blended monotonously into the parched badlands of rock.
The OASIS frontman has signed up to appear in a movie about the music biz. The Sun
Our homes had long since ceased being some sort of oasis of tranquility with the kids and the toys and Dora blaring from the TV. » Returning from Maternity Leave Strocel.com
The few spurts of humorous dialogue are like, well, an oasis in the desert.
A new poll makes drought-stricken Texas look like an oasis for the support-thirsty presidential campaign of presumptive Republican nominee Bob Dole.
Manor Café's patio fulfills the criteria handily, a serene oasis in the midst of huge budding trees behind the teeming arteries of 124th. St. and 102nd. Ave.
It is here that I come every morning, this oasis for my soul providing the liminality I seek. Ambrosia
Unlike rambling emails, tweets tend to be an oasis of understanding. The Sun
Stephen Miller, chief executive of Oasis, said: Where are traditional carriers most vulnerable?
The little oasis on Buckshaw Hall Road, off Chancery Road, has been home to kingfishers, herons, mallard and a moorhen that has recently settled there.
The Oasis, with its water flumes and hydro slide, is a favourite among youngsters.
This middle existence between the brains and the brawn of British rock led Alan McGee, the manager who discovered Oasis, to dismiss Coldplay as "music for bed wetters.
After another mile, Chapel-le-Dale is reached, an oasis of greenery in a bleak landscape.
In the haphazard tatterdemalion surroundings of sheds and abandoned industrial buildings, the new centre stands out as an organized oasis.
On the Big Island of Hawaii, along the Kohala Coast, you will find Mauna Lani Resort, an incomparable oasis of beauty and luxury.
– A young man of Saqqara called Imhotep, the son of a stonemason, was accustomed to hunt with his hawks in the desert near the oasis of Alphaeum, where he also sought medicinal herbs. Archive 2006-12-17
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Larger than New York City's Central Park and forested by more than one million trees, Golden Gate Park is an oasis in the midst of urbanity where one can spend whole days and still not see everything.
Beyond the lobby is the auditorium and beyond that a sculpture garden, a lovely oasis of quietude at the rear of the lot.
Small ranchers in northern New Mexico pay to graze 1 to 25 cattle per ranch in this oasis all summer.
Certainly is the range pole estate which they in former days anticipated - - the permanent big oasis.
Seeking an oasis from daily cares and worries, they come here for camaraderie, a common cause and simply to find a treasure for a bargain.
The slow Blues movement is a serene oasis of calm at the heart of the work. Times, Sunday Times
They were heading towards the oasis that preceded the valley that lead to the mines.
The area grew and prospered during the Industrial Revolution, but it's now an oasis of green calm, where canals and rivers meander through hills dotted with sheep and dry-stone walls.
It sounds like an Oasis dirge only with airier vocals. Sunbirds (No 810)
corbeille," join their waters and speed downhill towards the oasis, a narrow belt of trees running along either side. Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia
A wide container will need a block of oasis in the base.
Massaging his wrists, he squinted through nets of rising heat at the oasis, still more than a mile away, and could not help but think how vastly different these bare, harsh, god-connecting surroundings were from the scene off the coast of Turkey, where he had yachted and sipped Dom PÃ©rignon only three weeks prior. Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
The former rodeo performer and announcer came to Palm Springs in 1927 and rented horses to tourists in the desert oasis known as a bucolic winter getaway for riding and hiking. WTOP / Business / Biz Stories
The Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook OASIS aims to provide an authoritative 'sourcebook' on Open Access, covering the concept, principles, advantages, approaches and means to achieving it. June 2009
She now lives in Palm Springs, the desert oasis associated with super-rich and wrinkly superstars.
The moshing was a nice touch though ... yes moshing to Oasis!! TravelPod.com Recent Updates
The mansion to which Nelson refers is the mountaintop studio in upper New York state, near Woodstock, where the label housed the band with producer Owen Morris (Oasis, the Verve ... and no relation to George) to begin production on the mini-album. Metro Times
The moon was rising and the sun setting when she first glimpsed what she assumed was the oasis.
The word flashed like a neon beacon outside a desert oasis. Let The Dead Lie
If you are creating large or longer hanging dried flower arrangements, two or more bricks of oasis can be fixed together by running strong wires through the plastic container.
Inspired by the romanticism of post-World-War-II Tijuana -- think Herb Alpert, tequila-fueled elopements, jai alai, colorful tourist art and street tacos -- Tiki Oasis 11 presents Burros, Black Velvet & Other Delights, an art show benefiting WiLDCOAST. Lisa Derrick: Burros & Black Velvet Art Benefit WiLDCOAST
She wears Oasis chenille cowl-neck sweater, ￡34.99.
Located around the semiartificial Lake Pichola, it's an oasis in the desert state of Rajasthan.
Perhaps you live in a city and crave a tranquil oasis that is an escape from the hustle and bustle of your surroundings. Times, Sunday Times
The pool was ringed with palm trees to make it feel like an oasis. Times, Sunday Times
Perched on its edge is the tented oasis, a convergence of date palms and tamarinds, hot springs and Bedouin hospitality.
The oasis is also useful when you are feeling ill and need to recover.
It was a mineralogical oasis in the land of cotton and corn, a swath of hard, jagged terrain through central Alabama whose riches lay dormant for thousands of years. WILLIE MAYS
Wednesdays and Sundays, or at Oasis Christian Books and Gifts, 512 S. Beeline Highway, Monday through Saturday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. For more information, call Rowena at (928) 472-8827 or (928) 970-0082 or Betty at (928) Payson Roundup stories
The cultural desert has found an oasis from which to market its future.
The idea is to retreat to the oasis whenever you can, thus reducing your overall exposure.
Perhaps you live in a city and crave a tranquil oasis that is an escape from the hustle and bustle of your surroundings. Times, Sunday Times
The “courtyard” area of the bookshop is a cool green oasis with potted palms and a feng shui fountain. One Aw-some Day
Rustic appeal Create your own oasis of rustic charm with an intimate and cosy garden like this.
The water vapour transport in oasis is enhanced through downdraft in terrain, making the climatic effect in oasis of mountain valley to enhance as well.
It is here that the upper classes have built a clean, new oasis in a desert of poverty and destruction.
All proceeds from the song will go to the Health and Hope Oasis, the children's cancer hospital they visited in Cairo, bringing children to their feet clapping and dancing in spite of their IVs and inspiring the hospital workers to ululate to the music. Cynthia P. Schneider: The Gospel Of Sufism In Post-Revolutionary Egypt
Magnolia Trees, Brazilian Pepper Trees, Cumquat Trees, Palms, roses and Barrel Cacti make for an exotic and lush oasis.
After a thousand scenes of pillage, of vexation, and attacks by armed forces, their caravan arrived, in October, at the vast oasis of Asben. Five Weeks in a Balloon
I'm getting about a squillion hits every day from Oasis fans looking for the track listing on ‘Heathen Chemistry’.
Perhaps you live in a city and crave a tranquil oasis that is an escape from the hustle and bustle of your surroundings. Times, Sunday Times
Swift habitat includes desert oasis, Mediterranean scrub, steppe, farm or grassland, urban areas, forest and canyons.
Birds and chipmunks feel right at home in this miniature oasis amid the dry chaparral of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
The beautiful gardens and crystal-clear sea make this place a veritable oasis. Times, Sunday Times
The slow Blues movement is a serene oasis of calm at the heart of the work. Times, Sunday Times
The woman was pleasant and restful to see, an oasis in that place. Times, Sunday Times
They have built ‘a delightful, heartening oasis for average to bright children hindered by dyslexia or dyspraxia, who require an intimate, industrious and caring environment.’
She now lives in Palm Springs, the desert oasis associated with super-rich and wrinkly superstars.
The beautiful gardens and crystal-clear sea make this place a veritable oasis. Times, Sunday Times
It's a diddy gig guide this week, and it only features Chico, Coldplay, Nizlopi, Oasis, Mark Owen, The Pogues and Joss Stone.
He wanted to extend as long as possible the moment of hope, the exhilarating oasis of possibility. DOUBTING THOMAS
They have the YLI organic cotton thread, as well as two fabric medleys: the lightweight Oasis Canvas Medley in solid colors and the Woodblock Vegetable Dye Medley, which is kind of paisley and stripey and floral. Fabulous Fabrics: What do Mainstream Stores Offer?
The Book of Psalms is the great oasis in which a desert people gathers to pour out its complaints, fears, hopes; the Psalms are prayers, songs, incantations, and perhaps even soliloquies. The Elegant Variation:
The harmful radiation from his cell phone bleated right up against his brain, whose own neural waves met the harmful rays at the entrance to his skull like the Sharks meeting the Jets, or the Bloods meeting the Kryps, or Freddy meeting Jason, or Oasis meeting anyone. Marc Philippe Eskenazi: Eavesdropping on New York Cell Phone Conversations
The farm is a three-acre oasis in an area of suburban development.
The former silk road oasis of Hetian perches on the edge of China's Taklimakan Desert, a gravelly wasteland of scrub and rock. China Feels the Heat
This flower was unique, there was only one desert in all of Hotep and only one oasis within that desert.
Vegan blogger QuarryGirl calls the market a "vegan-friendly oasis" because of beloved products like Blissed Out Chocolate and brands Gardein, Quorn, and Fry's in stock. Figueroa Produce Market: Organic Food--Not Just For The Wealthy
In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge. Colette
In a business plan marked "personal and confidential" contained in a court file, they called it Oasis Ranch and stressed the need for privacy, exclusivity and security at what they described as a "getaway" and a "retreat. News - latimes.com
Peter Kay has continued his war of words with Liam Gallagher, calling the former Oasis frontman a "knobhead" for a second time. Home
Perhaps you live in a city and crave a tranquil oasis that is an escape from the hustle and bustle of your surroundings. Times, Sunday Times
The garden of No 10 is a delightful oasis smack bang in the centre of town.
Situated between Kansas City and Wichita, the Flint Hills are a weekend sanctuary for many city folks, an oasis of untilled land in the Midwestern Wheat Belt. Energy Price Outlook, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
The carolling went really well last year, and we managed to raise over €1,358.00 which was donated to Oasis, the women's refuge.
The water, which overflows from our three natural springs, cascades onto the clover lawn, creating an oasis.
More than 200 gay men from across North America arrived at a remote Arizona oasis by summer's end, kick-starting an international movement that flourishes to this day.
When we finally made it back to the gate the nice paved paths seemed an oasis of smooth level ground.
When Chris Evans and Oasis hit their peaks in the summer of Britpop, 1996, they spawned a wealth of imitators and copyists.
The pool was ringed with palm trees to make it feel like an oasis. Times, Sunday Times
But Metellus - legate of the Second Augusta Legion, hero of the empire - and his men break free and find shelter at an oasis where they meet a mysterious, exiled prince.
Jasmine sat in the shade of a palm tree by the quiet pristine waters of the oasis.
The pool was ringed with palm trees to make it feel like an oasis. Times, Sunday Times
A new poll makes drought-stricken Texas look like an oasis for the support-thirsty presidential campaign of presumptive Republican nominee Bob Dole.
Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher made a surly appearance when picking up an award for the best Brits album of the past 30 years, and was branded a '' knobhead '' last week by host Peter Kay. Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
The study was an oasis of calm in a noisy household.
Oasis had a reputation as one of rock's most impressive live acts.
Try to reserve a small oasis of quietness and time to relax instead. Emotional well-being is even more precious than time.
Far from being the pristine oasis of calm portrayed in magazines, my house still looks as if it's been done over by a gang of particularly thorough burglars.
The slow Blues movement is a serene oasis of calm at the heart of the work. Times, Sunday Times
A new poll makes drought-stricken Texas look like an oasis for the support-thirsty presidential campaign of presumptive Republican nominee Bob Dole.
As we gather in the relative coolness, the doctor strides forward to warmly welcome us to his small oasis.
It's an amazing oasis in the desert. Times, Sunday Times
Still, it's quite fair to say that although their sound is similar to early Oasis on some tracks, their songs are sugar-coated with a kind of fun that Oasis don't have.
Outside, the small garden is an oasis of careful leafy planting and shady seating areas. Times, Sunday Times
A reborn oasis of calm and tranquillity is springing up amid the hustle and bustle of Manchester.
In Dubai's case, it is hoped that the Oasis Tower would be able to grow enough food to feed up to 40, 000 people whilst also providing sustainable housing for residents.
OASIS will initially focus on certifying ingredients used in cosmetic/personal care products but will likely branch out to include sustainable practices and packaging. 19 posts from March 2008
Add a block of pre-soaked Oasis and insert eucalyptus branches to make a dome shape, with some extending horizontally outwards.
The city is an oasis of grass lawns and leafy trees.
The new civic space - the Circus - will provide the focal point and is described by developers as ‘an oasis of calm in the city centre’.
Oasis also stakes out very different sonic terrain, nodding to electronic pop, dub reggae, and sixties psychedelia.
More than 90 percent of this 2,000-year-old oasis town, surrounded by date palms, orange orchards and henna in the desert separating Iran from Pakistan, has been destroyed.
Perhaps you live in a city and crave a tranquil oasis that is an escape from the hustle and bustle of your surroundings. Times, Sunday Times
Two days after the shootings, a few local people were allowed up to the car park to what had once been simply an oasis of solitude. Times, Sunday Times
Florist foam, also known as Oasis, is the main medium for holding most flower arrangements in place.
It strikes me as curious that a relatively new car limps into the garage, rasping and wheezing like a parched man crawling on all fours towards a mirage of an oasis, but then pulls off purring contentedly like the cat that got the cream.
By midnight, when I slipped in to push a little more Tyelnol into her sleeping mouth, she was not so hot, and her room was the perfect oasis for a croupy child - cool, but nor cold, and as moist as a rainforest. Archive 2008-01-01
For people in our rough generation bracket and of a certain music geekiness, Oasis vs. Blur really was a pretty big thing.
Yamasaki himself described the trade center plaza, which featured a circular fountain and places to sit, as a mecca -- "an oasis, a paved garden where people can spend a few moments to relieve the tensions and monotonies of the usual working day. Dove's Eye View:
Conan took a skin pail and brought water from the oasis so she could clean herself. Conan Fan Fiction!
We may be just short of catatonic when these several pages of visual oasis emerge from the vast internet sand dunes.
This affluent and woody oasis of tranquillity contrasts starkly with the roughly hewn stakes of the Catholic churchyard on the outer edges of the demesne.
Unfortunately the visibility is a milky 5m, though this doesn't detract from the huge shoals of snapper and the angelfish, batfish and giant grouper that call this oasis home.
The green oasis is a rare sight in a country that has now endured more than a year of conflict. Times, Sunday Times
On May 7, the Saudi Arabia Royal Cup, the Oasis Stakes Race, was held at Tokyo Racetrack.
Doors open at 8pm and all are welcome to this special event which is in recognition of the invaluable service provided by Oasis House since it opened in 1989.
Unlike rambling emails, tweets tend to be an oasis of understanding. The Sun
It is said that when the Fascist Government of Rome was engaged in subduing the peoples of Libya, they took the chiefs of that sacred fraternity of the Senussi, whose headquarters are in the oasis of Kufra, up in airplanes to a height of 12,000 feet, and then pushed them out into space. The Empire at War in the Moslem Mediterranean
Magnolia Trees, Brazilian Pepper Trees, Cumquat Trees, Palms, roses and Barrel Cacti make for an exotic and lush oasis.
The survivors then had to make a punishing trek to an oasis 22 km away, where Haslam died.

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