By the time of the Japanese occupation in 1909, the art was virtually dead.

The movement is virtually dead, as most of its supporters are aging or have died.

Others will admit no man that is not virtually dead, because a small number of casualties means a careful commander.

In most places the housing market is virtually dead and houses are not selling.

"By the time we make it there, we may be virtually dead in space."

By the 1970s, music hall entertainment was virtually dead.

The factory immediately closed, and within years the town was virtually dead.

The drummer was used to spending a month in the same club, a policy that is virtually dead today.

Even though the organization gained support for some time, it was virtually dead by the end of the 1970s.

Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapon programs are virtually dead.