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"be torn between two" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when a person is having difficulty making a decision because two options are equally attractive to them. For example, "I'm torn between going to the beach or the park this afternoon; both sound fun."
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Managers perceiving tensions between competing demands may be torn between two poles of action when they attempt to attend to both demands at the same time (Carroll 2012).
My boss believes that if I list two mentors--him and another scientist--that my grant wouldn't be funded as I will be torn between two mentors and nothing will get done.
For example, you might be torn between two job opportunities.
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I'm torn between two extremes.
When tragedy calls her home, she's torn between two lives, two possible futures.
Like the 1970's Black feminists I would later study, I was torn between two lovers".
Prosecutors were torn between two explanations for how the crime occurred.
Suppose you were torn between two brands with identical rate plans.
"As a council, you are torn between two sets of judges," says Mr Ryley.
Sureel's life, which has always been torn between two worlds, is about to become even more complicated.
The singer really is torn between two musical worlds, each of which she is equally at home in.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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