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Oasis   /oʊˈeɪsɪs/   Listen
noun
Oasis  n.  (pl. oases)  
1.
A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert, where the water table approaches the surface. "The Arab does not love the desert; the Arab loves the oasis and green fields."
2.
Hence: (fig.) Any refuge from a prevailing stressful, unpleasant, or annoying situation.
Synonyms: haven. "My one oasis in the dust and drouth Of city life."





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"Oasis" Quotes from Famous Books



... they might have missed each other, and Tim should have found his way to the spot to which he had been directed. Nothing could exceed the beauty of the vegetation on the banks of the stream, or the magnificence of the trees which here and there shot up in this oasis among the mountains; while its elevated position gave it a far more temperate and refreshing atmosphere than that to which we were accustomed even in our own district. Our scanty supply of powder made us refrain from ...
— The Young Llanero - A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela • W.H.G. Kingston
... weary feet in stepping upwards; and although we climbed up several trees that looked taller than the rest near, so that we might better observe our whereabouts, when perchance we might discover some welcome oasis in sight in the midst of this desert of green, not a single yard could we see beyond the tree tops immediately near, which closed in the view completely—the only break apparent being the intense glaring blue ...
— The Penang Pirate - and, The Lost Pinnace • John Conroy Hutcheson
... never meant to be an oasis of liberty and abundance in a worldwide desert of disappointed dreams. Our Nation was created to help strike away the chains of ignorance and misery and tyranny wherever they keep man less than ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various
... one insufferable evening when the overplus of the day's heat was being hurled quiveringly back to the heavens by every surcharged brick and stone and inch of iron in the panting town. But with the cunning of the two-legged beasts we had found an oasis where the hoofs of Apollo's steed had not been allowed to strike. Our seats were on an ocean of cool, polished oak; the white linen of fifty deserted tables flapped like seagulls in the artificial breeze; a mile away a waiter ...
— Waifs and Strays - Part 1 • O. Henry
... armed caravan was scarcely out of sight before Rob discovered he was approaching a rich, wooded oasis of the desert, in the midst of which was built the walled city of Yarkand. Not that he had ever heard of the place, or knew its name; for few Europeans and only one American traveler had ever visited it. But he guessed it was a city of some importance ...
— The Master Key - An Electrical Fairy Tale • L. Frank Baum


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