Laxford Bridge is a welcome uninhabited oasis amongst shaggy surroundings.

The aircraft was a welcome oasis of space and quiet, its sumptuous interior outfitted in governmental purple.

His virtuosity and clarity is a welcome oasis in the current clouded debate: whither modern architecture?

The air conditioning provided a welcome oasis of relief after the soggy atmosphere outside.

Depending on one's mood, inclination, or fatigue level, Seasons can be a welcome oasis after a long tiring drive.

In the self-absorbed desert that sports has become, Smith was a welcome oasis.

Cannery Cafe is a welcome oasis in an area that has been a dining desert in the past.

On hot days, the sandy-bottomed creeks are welcome oases, their water sweet to taste and comfortably tepid.

There are welcome oases of common sense, however.

Indeed, Chinatown proper, far from being sinister, was a welcome oasis of light in a desert of dangerous darkness.