Gliding out into the narrows, kayakers find a quiet oasis in the middle of an urban environment.

It's a verdant, calming sight, a quiet oasis of sanity.

On the surface it's just another quiet oasis of primitive nature happily spared the woodsman's ax.

The tradition of a library reading room as a quiet oasis in a noisy city should be maintained - and even strengthened.

His office was a quiet oasis at the far end of the building, relaxed and comfortable.

It is a quiet oasis without the usual music, done simply, in a minimalist way.

It also had to provide a quiet oasis for visitors who did not wish to gamble.

The neighborhood was still mostly marshland but offered the promise of a quiet suburban oasis within the city he loved.

The quiet oasis they have chosen is New York.