The phrase "a breathtaking amount" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a quantity that is astonishing or impressive in some way.
Example: "The charity received a breathtaking amount of donations during the fundraising event, exceeding all expectations."
Alternatives: "an astonishing amount" or "an incredible amount".
In the sketch we learn that working women in America earn just 78c to every dollar a man earns – which adds up to a breathtaking amount of money.
He has a breathtaking amount of technique at his fingertips, aided immensely by the popping freshness of the score by David Holmes, who he worked with successfully on "Out of Sight".
Mr. Peck crams his film with a breathtaking amount of information, rolling through history swiftly and boldly yet conveying an epic investment in characterization as Lumumba's power and comrades inexorably fade, victims of the conflict in the Congo.
Sheffield Crown Court previously heard Kaabar, a former dental student, also gathered and shared a "breathtaking" amount of terrorist-related material.
Facebook's latest fiasco revolved around an extraordinarily intrusive monitoring app that shipped a breathtaking amount of sensitive information about its users back to Facebook.
Supported by a breathtaking amount of archival and historical footage, as well as subtle re-enactments, she has crafted a balanced documentary which presents enough evidence of the actions of both the hero and the opposition, to allow the audience to make it's own judgement as to its veracity and fairness.
I read everything I could about him, including a Playboy interview in which he admitted to smoking "a really breathtaking amount of grass almost every night".
What really casts a shadow over the art world though — much more than tales like the one of the Middle Eastern aristocrat who coughed up $60 million for a collection Fabergé eggs that all turned out to be Fauxbergés — is the breathtaking amount of art stolen by the Nazis during World War II.
"I cannot share the breathtaking amount with you, but it was much more than the entire equity of our company".
"I cannot share the breathtaking amount with you, but it was much more than the entire equity of our company," Mr. Sargent said in an e-mail to authors, illustrators and agents.
