virtual prisoner

Frequency: 4.51.2 per million words

Used to describe someone who is unable to leave a place, as if they were imprisoned.

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Without a wheelchair, she is a virtual prisoner in her own home.
After the accident, he became a virtual prisoner in his bed.
The strict lockdown made many citizens feel like virtual prisoners in their apartments.
Due to her severe allergies, she lives as a virtual prisoner to her carefully controlled environment.
Economic hardship can turn a person into a virtual prisoner of their circumstances.
The elderly man, afraid of falling, became a virtual prisoner within his own four walls.
With no means of transportation, she was a virtual prisoner in the isolated village.
His illness had made him a virtual prisoner of the hospital for months.
She felt like a virtual prisoner to her demanding job, with no time for personal life.
The oppressive regime turned its critics into virtual prisoners of fear and silence.