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• Farzan’s narrow backyard in Brooklyn’s South Slope neighborhood is a lush, if slightly chaotic, oasis.2023 September 29, Molly Fitzpatrick, “He’s the Pawpaw King of Brooklyn. (What’s a Pawpaw?)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry peony
• Therefore, the oases can be considered as typical areal sources of predominantly soil biogenic NO.2012, Y. Qi, F. Meixner, Z. Wu, S. Beirle, T. Wagner, M. Andreae, B. Mamtimin, “Tropospheric NO2 column densities over oases of the…. From the entry Waxxari
• Colonies were established in fertile oases beyond the frontier, to act as supply bases for mobile operations.2006, C J Peers, “Imperial Chinese Armes 200 BC-AD 1260”, in Soldiers of the Dragon: Chinese Armies 1500 BC-AD 1840, Osprey Publishing…. From the entry Lun-t'ai
• Time was when this Bethesda too was curative, a sweet oasis in a parched and driven city.1978, Garry Wills, Values Americans live by. From the entry Bethesda
• The Weitulake “pyramids” — sand hills in Yutien County now surrounded by transformed oases.1974, Chia Yu-chiang, “A Survey of the Takla Makan Desert”, in China Pictorial, number 1, page 36. From the entry Yutien
• The oasis, one of the largest in Sinkiang, contains the towns of Yarkand (So-ch’e) and Tse-p’u (Posgam).1964, T. SD., “YARKAND”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 23, →OCLC, page 877, column 2. From the entry So-ch'e
• South of the Aksu oasis it joins the Kashgar, Aksu and Khotan rivers to form the Tarim.1964, T. SD., “YARKAND”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 23, →OCLC, page 877, column 2. From the entry So-ch'e
• Pithion is a charming and sleepy little oasis in the middle of nowhere.1951 December, “Notes and News: Travel Through the Balkans”, in Railway Magazine, page 854. From the entry leave alone
• Suppose he had taken on the character of a Cyrenaican or a Tripolitanian from some southern oasis.1942, “M. Home”, in House of Shade. From the entry Cyrenaican
• The towns and villages of the oases of al-Qaṭīf and al-Aḥsā were highly heterogeneous, having received immigrants from many neighbouring lands.2020, Christine Helms, The Cohesion of Saudi Arabia (RLE Saudi Arabia): Evolution of Political Identity (Routledge Library Editions: Saudi…. From the entry Qaṭar
• It is an oasis town in the Tarim Basin, north of the Kunlun Mountains and south of the Taklamakan Desert.2011 November 4, Dongya Zhang, “A discovery of folk gems in Hotan”, in Beijing Today, number 543, →ISSN, →OCLC, Travel China, page 21…. From the entry Uyghur
• At a Tri-State Tollway oasis, Rares Ungureanu, 24, was ordering about 8 ounces more coffee than he normally drinks.2005 October 27, Virginia Groark, Kayce Ataiyero, “Sox fans a mixed bag of giddy, groggy”, in Chicago Tribune, section 1, page 9. From the entry pumpkin-spice latte
• Ten minutes and 45 miles from the next roadside oasis, the little schnook has to go - right now.2003 December 14, Jacky Runice, “Give a gift with travelers in mind”, in Daily Herald. From the entry peemergency
• We arrived in Golmud, formerly Tibetan, now a Chinese town, a small oasis in a barren area, at about 7 A.M.1997 October 19, Karen Swenson, “Approaches To Tibet”, in The New York Times (Travel section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry Golmud
• It's an oasis in the midst of a concrete jungle,' said Dowd, a gaunt, ruddy-faced Norman Rockwellesque figure.1980. Washington Post, 6 Apr 1980, G1. From the entry Rockwellesque
• The oasis of Khotan, the largest of these, includes Mo-yü (Kara Kash), to the northwest, and Lo-p'u, to the east.1974, Khotan (Encyclopædia Britannica), volume V, →ISBN, page 793. From the entry Lo-p'u
• Like Yarkand, Aksu (A-k'o-su or Wen-su), and Khotan (Ho-T'ien), Kashgar is situated in an oasis--the largest in Sinkiang.1971 March 19, Jesse Wang, The Military Significance of the Sino-Soviet Border in Central Asia, United States Army War College, →OCLC…. From the entry K'o-shih
• They 'planed over isolated oases of green timber, in each of which were plainly seen the white ashes of native fires.1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 22. From the entry 'plane
• This city lies in an oasis in the Taklamakan Desert, a region which can be characterised by a near-lunar landscape where little life is found.2001 November/December, Murray Eiland, Quentin Williams, “All That Is Green Is Not Jade”, in Minerva, volume 12, number 6, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry K'un-lun
• On March 9 they retreated south to Charkhlik, an oasis on the southern branch of the Silk Road, with their precious load of artifacts.1996, Kenneth Wimmel, The Alluring Target, Trackless Sands Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 30. From the entry Charkhlik
• Upon leaving the Yarkand oasis, the river flows north past Mai-kai-t'i (Merket-Bazar) and then northeast around the eastern margins of the Takla Makan desert.1964, YARKAND (Encyclopedia Britannica), volume 23, →OCLC, page 877. From the entry Tse-p'u
• The oasis in which it lies is formed by irrigation of the water from the melted snows of the Altyn Tagh mountains to the south.1959, Basil Gray, Buddhist Cave Paintings at Tun-huang, University of Chicago Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 17. From the entry Tun-huang
• A vast foyer leads to a pool area of knee-trembling tranquillity, an oasis of polished tiles and palm trees arranged in a swaying phalanx around an elegant infinity pool.2014, Jane Costello, The Time of Our Lives, →ISBN, page 55. From the entry knee-trembling
• The population is concentrated in two segments: the corridor along the northern foothills of the Tengri Tagh and the arcs of oases to the south of the Tengri Tagh.2014, Susan M. Walcott, Corey Johnson, editors, Eurasian Corridors of Interconnection: From the South China to the Caspian Sea, Routledge…. From the entry Tengri Tagh
• The only tolerable thing about Cannes is the hotel garden, which contains ornamental water with ducks, water-rats etc, and forms an oasis in this bloodsome desert.2013, P. G. Wodehouse, Sophie Ratcliffe, P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters. From the entry bloodsome
• After much bosom heaving and bodice ripping, Diana becomes conscious of her love for the “lawless savage,” and she decides to stay with him in their love oasis.2013, Laura Frost, The Problem with Pleasure: Modernism and Its Discontents, page 93. From the entry bodice ripping
• The garden had been planted by the god Yahweh, who had caused a spring to gush forth in the eastern desert to create a paradisal oasis.2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage, published 2010, page 35. From the entry paradisal
• On the south side of the Taklimakan Desert stands a Central Asian oasis, the edge of a dusty city that was once the centre of a great Buddhist kingdom.2009, Gordon Laird, The Price of a Bargain, McClelland & Stewart, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 195. From the entry Yarkant
• An advanced Mesoamerican civilization of temples, pyramids, ball courts and paved roads sprouted and grew not near a seaport or on a riverway, but deep inland at jungle oases.2007 February 23, Stephen Regenold, “Deep Inside the Yucatán”, in New York Times, retrieved 19 Jan 2014. From the entry riverway
• Oases, or distant smoky blurs of saksaul trees, appeared like moments of remission in lives of misfortune—rumored, hallucinated, prayed for, not always where they were supposed to be.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, pages 844–5. From the entry saksaul
• In order to find clues as to how they lived it might be reasonable to visit the most primitive and isolated oasis community in the Tarim Basin.1996, Philip Andrews-Speed, “Herdsmen of Chinese Turkestan”, in Asian Affairs, volume 27, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC. From the entry Tongguzbasti
• For those of you that are not familiar with Boulder it is a sort of ultra liberal oasis in the midst of a mostly moderate state.1996 September 3, Rich Johnson, “Democrats! Relax!”, in alt.politics.usa.republican (Usenet), retrieved 11 Aug 2022. From the entry Boulderite
• "I was shocked to see girls this young wearing the cloak," says the author, who encountered this group of schoolgirls near Qatif oasis in the Eastern Province.1987 October, Marianne Alireza, “Women of Saudi Arabia”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 438. From the entry Eastern Province
• Hami, an oasis in the desert, is yet nearer the eastern boundary of the province and is an important post on the chief road into China proper.1913, Thomas Cochrane, “Chapter XXI.”, in Survey of the Missionary Occupation of China, Shanghai: Christian Literature Society for China…. From the entry hami
• We have chosen three very remote oases (Milan, Ruoqiang, Waxxari) on the southern fringe of the Taklamakan desert in the extremely arid region of northwest China (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region).2012, Y. Qi, F. Meixner, Z. Wu, S. Beirle, T. Wagner, M. Andreae, B. Mamtimin, “Tropospheric NO2 column densities over oases of the…. From the entry Waxxari
• Rice is grown in the warm and humid climate of the Southern Kansu Highlands and around the oases in the Hohsi Corridor, like Changyi and Kiuchuan, where water is abundant.[1964, Jen Yu-ti [任育地], 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 196. From the entry Zhangye

Meaning of oasis

1. noun A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert.
2. noun A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle.
3. noun A place or situation of fruitfulness or abundance separated from surrounding barrenness or scarcity.

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How do you use oasis in a sentence?

Oasis is used as a noun. For example: “The park was an oasis in the middle of the busy city.”

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“The park was an oasis in the middle of the busy city.”

What does oasis mean?

Oasis means a spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert.