The phrase "a drift further away" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a gradual movement or separation from a particular point or situation.
Example: "As the conversation progressed, I felt a drift further away from the original topic."
Alternatives: "a move away" or "a shift further away".
As long as this trend continues, the biggest bank in America by assets will drift further away from a commercial bank's core social and economic role of lending.
Every month of delay is a month in which our unemployed friends and neighbors drift further away.
But as winter nears and the cold begins to close in, Sam starts to drift further away from Grace and more problems seem to roll in.
"If Greece were to leave the eurozone, these countries would lose their principal sponsor and they could drift further away from the EU," he said.
"If the US was a country that was not willing to say sorry for the loss of 24 lives, no matter what the circumstances, that's not the image the US wants and she completely understood that," says Khar. No-one could handle "the long-term repercussions of allowing ourselves to drift further away.
But while the rest of the men relied on the familial nature of the firehouse as a refuge, Shea had drifted further away over the last several months, and he now felt cut off.
The gay culture has drifted further away from the values a real relationship make at a time where we are mere inches away from being granted the right walk down the aisle.
And all the time English football drifts further away from the heart of the serious action.
Corbyn and his party "are drifting further away from the voters they need to persuade to return Labour to government.
Recently, such conflicts tended to keep South Korea drifting further away from Japan as Seoul appeared to be cozying up more to Beijing.
