There was no separation between them, physical or emotional, and his nostrils flared as he realized the implications.

Often they have loud and long arguments with their parents, as if they need that to complete the emotional separation.

Finally, there could be physical as well as emotional separation from the president: "Gore had the cover to go out on the campaign."

Then there is the separation, both physical and emotional, between Pitino and Al Bianchi, the general manager.

We obviously had an emotional separation but it was behind us in a matter of weeks.

Smith believes this serves to highlight the mourners' emotional and physical separation from the assorted figures gathered in the mid-ground.

The "lost Thing" is a "preobject," an archaic memory of identity with the mother before the inevitable emotional separation from her.

I was desolated by the emotional separation from my mother, whom I thought the most wonderful person in the world.

The second act is especially clumsy as the mother and daughter overcome a lifetime of emotional separation and fear of each other.