oasis
Example Sentences
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And while the home does have neighboring properties on either side, high hedges and lush trees help to make it feel complete private, creating a kind of oasis that feels truly remote and secluded.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
Critics on the Croisette are starting to resemble that classic comic-strip panel in which an explorer crawls desperately across the sand toward an oasis that’s only a mirage.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
But no character is more important than the hotel itself, a 410-room art-deco oasis overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
The city, an oasis of civilization in the Arizona desert, is set to be the base camp for "Team Melli" when the world's biggest sporting spectacle opens in the US, Mexico and Canada next month.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
She drove us to a white bungalow, three stories high, an oasis of calm in the midst of all the noise and bustle.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
Vocabulary lists containing oasis
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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