The phrase "emotional rift" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant emotional distance or conflict between individuals, often in relationships or friendships.
Example: "After their argument, there was a noticeable emotional rift that made it difficult for them to communicate."
Alternatives: "emotional divide" or "emotional gap."
This campaign caused an emotional rift, and many Catalans concluded that only independence would protect them.
Survivors and their families say the forced removal robbed the children of their cultural identity and caused an emotional rift that has been felt through generations.
A widening and emotional rift over legal tactics has split the anti-abortion movement, with its longtime leaders facing a Tea Party-like insurrection from many grass-roots activists who are impatient with the pace of change.
"Nuclear Showdown" carefully details the political and emotional rifts Kim exploits.
Some revisit emotional rifts that are not easily healed, and the stress can worsen New Yorkers' already shaky equilibrium.
The Republicans appear far more united than their counterparts did, suffering from less ambivalence about the McCain-Palin ticket than the Democratic delegates suggested with their emotional rifts in the wake of the primary campaign between Mr. Obama and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
It involves a town once dependent on coal mining trying to make a comeback (foolishly) with cattle ranching; a sheriff up for re-election; one family bent on vengeance, another with deep emotional rifts; a revival meeting; and the title character's tragic flaw: he's addicted to drinking blood.
This move causes emotional rifts in himself and his lover (also a writer), as well as his daughter, Rosa.
She's taking a heated, emotional family rift which her sister wishes would remain private and thrusting it squarely into the nation's consciousness.
"Swingtown" pokes at the invisible rifts and emotional costs that come with unfettered liberty; in other words, all the consequences that were ignored by self-affirming manifestos that became best sellers in the '70s, like "I'm OK — You're OK" and "Fear of Flying".
Indeed, the emotional undertow of the film suggests that the rift between town and country folk runs as deep as any racial segregation.
