The phrase "a long separation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant period of time during which two people or things have been apart.
Example: "After a long separation, they finally reunited at the airport, tears of joy in their eyes."
Alternatives: "an extended absence" or "a lengthy distance apart".
Newport recommends completely separating yourself after leaving the office and having a "long separation" before the next work day.
"I'd recently gotten divorced after a long separation, and wasn't looking for anyone," Ms. Kahn recalled.
Gaiman and his wife grew estranged and, after a long separation, divorced in 2008.
In both operas, the love of a prince and a maiden endures after a long separation and painful trials.
An especially heartwarming scene comes when Papageno and his bride encounter Papageno's father and mother after a long separation.
"Are you a ghost?" Prior asks him after a long separation, as they hold each other and dance to "Moon River".
The separation performances of rationally designed copolymers were tested in a 1.2 cm long separation channel, simulating microchip-based capillary electrophoresis.
Given a fixed maximum operating power for the high voltage power supplies employed, we sought to design a scWestern with (1) a short, 1 mm long separation axis for each PAGE assay and (2) PAGE performance suitable for analysis of proteins in the 15 to 90 kDa range, thus making the scWestern broadly relevant to cytosolic signaling proteins.
"If you live that long, separation for a year might feel like a weekend," says Jarmusch, his voice a spacey drawl.
The play is an old wives' tale about an old wife, who endures long separation from her husband and the death of her son, and is reunited with her husband at the end.
Behind their long separation lies a secret that is destined to emerge once Delia (Seana Kofoed, Daniell's cosseted daughter, meets Jordan Scott Cohenn), a 30-ish trombone player and the son of Eddie Shine, a trumpeter who once dated Delia's mother.
