'torn among' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to describe being in a situation of uncertainty or difficulty, in which you have to choose between two or more difficult options. For example: "He was torn among his desire to remain in his hometown and his ambition to pursue a career in a bigger city."
In the history of comics, Spider-Man was the first of the superheroes to feel torn among different parts of his life.
The two unions did not make endorsements until now largely because they were so torn among Mr. Obama, John Edwards and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Someone who is stressed out and feeling torn among the many claims on their time isn't going to do their best work if you chain them to a desk from 9 to 5 instead of measuring their productivity by what they accomplish; it's why flex time is the standard and the company offers assistance to care-givers as part of its benefits package.
(Community women's FGD) The accounts portrayed general conflict, struggle, and contradictions, as people seemed torn among multiple worlds.
As highlighted in a recent qualitative study (Lee, 2010), daughters-in-law and other female caregivers are increasingly torn among conflicting expectations, desires, and demands.
There was no significant difference (p=0.997) in the incidence of the TFCC tear among the three groups in our study.
They would have to struggle with the possibility, each family alone, torn now among themselves, and sometimes even torn within.
The battles have also heightened ethnic tensions in a region that has been torn by fighting among its many ethnic groups.
This is often the case in systems that have experienced prolonged civil war, that are torn by tensions among different national or ethnic groups, or in which there are divisions along sharply drawn ideological or class lines.
Acadia was an exception; torn by feuds among French rivals, claimed by England, and occupied by New Englanders eager to exploit its fishery, Acadia did not again become an effective part of New France until 1667 70.
At breakfast at the Windjammer buffet, where the host jumped up and down every second saying "Goodmorninggoodmorninggoodmorning," we were torn, choosing from among the hundreds of trembling eggs and the salmon slices lying coldly on top of each other and every other possible morning food.
