For the next five days the palace was under virtual siege.

Diana bit her lip and said nothing, never mentioning the virtual siege she was living under.

A massive demonstration and virtual siege of La Paz ensued.

They must be under virtual siege for their beliefs.

The people fleeing told stories of being under virtual siege in recent months by paramilitary groups.

When they refused, Lin stopped trade altogether and placed the foreign residents under virtual siege, eventually forcing the merchants to surrender their opium to be destroyed.

Businesses pulled out, the economy (tourism in particular) went into sharp decline and the country was under virtual siege.

A Siege Strategy It appears that the authorities will patiently wait while mounting a virtual siege of the temple.

Since Boar left Mossflower, we have 3 lived under virtual siege.

When I remarked on this to the doctor's wife, she explained that the town was under virtual siege, cut off from the central government.